Bird counts on an island haven for seabirds have revealed a mixed picture. The number of puffin breeding pairs on the Farne Islands in Northumberland has dropped by 23% in a year from 50,103 to 38,500 ...

There are no permanent human residents, but a group of National Trust wardens stay on Inner Farne during spring and summer to protect nesting birds. Around 23 species of seabirds — more than 100,000 ...

Credit: Hannah Wilkes/The National Trust/Cover Images The first puffins of the year have arrived on the Farne Islands in Northumberland. The birds return to the islands, two miles off Seahouses on the ...

A survey of puffins on the internationally important Farne Islands has shown a drop in numbers of almost a quarter. The National Trust which looks after the islands off the Northumberland coast said ...

A tiny Geordie ‘Super tern’ which recorded the longest bird flight in history could cover TWO MILLION miles in its life time. An electronic tag fitted to the Arctic tern showed how it went from its ...

Arctic terns – which fly on the longest migrations of any animal on Earth – may be able to navigate the dangers posed by climate change, new research suggests. The birds live in near-perpetual ...

The Farne Islands is an internationally significant sanctuary for 200,000 seabirds each year Bird counts on an island haven for seabirds have revealed a mixed picture. The number of puffin breeding ...