Wildlife of the farne islands

• howard mcsweeney1

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  6 July 2013     17:30236534
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  dover's own phil smith - keen twitcher and photographer has made a recent visit to the farne islands off our north east coast and taken a great array of photos, a few here to start with.
  
  arctic tern
  
  
  

  

  
  
  lesser black backed gull.
  
  

  

  
  
  atlantic grey seal.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

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  6 July 2013     21:14236549
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  in addition to the wonderful wildlife there are many great man made structures there.
  
  grace darling's lighthouse.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  bamburgh castle.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

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  8 July 2013     14:35236716
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  wouldn't be farne without a puffin or two.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  kittiwake.
  
  

  

  
  
  no shortage of gillemots there.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

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  9 July 2013     20:46236914
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  a veritable glut of gannets on the farne islands.
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• Guest 756

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  10 July 2013     11:42236951
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  Stunning photographs, thank you for sharing them.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  10 July 2013     12:25236957
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  2 more from phil - first a shag with chick.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  the redoubtable puffin dining on sand eels.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

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  14 July 2013     09:53237353
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  3 more from phil.
  
  
  
  guillemots.
  
  

  

  
  
  razorbill.
  
  

  

  
  
  grey seal laying on a kelp bed.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

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  17 July 2013     17:48237713
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  the final three from phil's foray.
  
  the northern brown argus.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  what the islands are famed for.
  
  

  

  
  
  guillemot feeding chicks.