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The Farne Islands are home to one of the biggest colonies of grey seals on the east coast of England. Thousands of grey seals live in the area and about 3,000 pups are born each year.

Amazing. The Farne Islands have been visited throughout their history and admission prices are £12 per adult and £7.50 per child, with a family ticket also available.

Video. A puffin census is underway as the National Trust marks a century of safeguarding the Farne Islands, a remote seabird sanctuary off England’s northeast coast.

Every year, around 200,000 seabirds flock to the islands to breed, including puffins, dubbed the “clowns of the ocean” for their colourful beaks and quirky behaviour. National Trust rangers are ...

News North East News Birds Farne Islands' seabirds to be shown on webcams as annual puffin count gets under way Two webcams, including one trained on puffin burrows, have been set up to mark the ...

The trust took over ownership in 1925 from the Farne Islands Association and it has been monitoring seabird numbers since the 1950s with the data used to direct conservation work. Ms Jackson said ...

A puffin flies on Inner Farne, Northumberland, during the second consecutive annual count since the islands closed for Covid-19 and bird flu (Owen Humphreys/PA) This article is brought to you by our ...