The Farnes & Beadnell

Monday and an all day birding session on the Farnes. The weather was superb, the sea unusually calm and seabirds everywhere - heaven! The only slight disappointment was the Roseate Terns being temporarily absent from Inner Farne - the Puffins more than make up for it! Below are a few snaps from the day.

Swallow, Beadnell. This character likes to perch on the aerial just below our balcony, twittering away!


Shag on nest

Shag regurgitating food for the youngsters

Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern on Inner Farne

Female Red-breasted Merganser

Razorbills with a Guillemot

Razorbill on Staple Island. Curiously there are very few Razorbills on the islands in contrast to the "millions" of Guillemots.

Now this is what I came to see!

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Kittiwake

First summer Kittiwake

Kittiwake in flight

Inner Farne photographed from the boat. Notice how flat the sea is - very unusual here!

Guillemot

As Michael Caine once said - "Guillemots, thousands of em!"

Guillemot coming in to land - it's nicked one of those thruster packs from Nasa!

Grey seals

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Fulmar

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Drake Eider, Seahouses

Beadnell beach

The view from our living room window - the Artic/Little/Common Tern colony is on the far side of the bay, left hand edge

Bamburgh Castle photographed from Inner Farne

Mainly Arctic Terns in flight at the Beadnell colony

Arctic Tern, Inner Farne

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