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Thursday, 4 July 2019

Farne Island Boat Trip - Staple Island

Day 3 of our stay in Northumbria we took a boat trip out to the Frane Islands. In the morning we visited Staple Island, the largest island in the 'outer group'. This was my second trip out to these islands, the first being about four years ago. As the boat came up to the island I suddenly remembered the smell. Unless you actually see the islands you cannot imagineer the vast numbers of birds.

On the way in to Staple Island we saw some seals.

Both islands are under the care of the National Trust. There are between 15 and 20 islands depending upon the height of the tide.

You can see more information on Wikipedia here

All the birds are wonderful to see but the Puffin is rather special.

All photos taken with my Canon 5Dmkiv with the Series 2 100-400 lens. Guess who forgot the teleconverter but as it turned out the birds are so close it was sort of unnecessary.

Monday, 29 June 2015

Northumberland - Post #04 - The Farne Islands

Looking at the weeks weather forecast we decided to go to the Farne Islands on the Sunday, we had originally planned a Monday trip on the assumption that there may be less people on the Islands. As it turned out, going on the Sunday was a good idea, one of the islands could not be landed on in the week.

We set off at 9:30 on the 'Glad Tidings IV'. It was a about 30 minutes to the nearest island. I knew that there was going to be lots of birds but my vision was a real underestimate.

We were shown around a number of islands before landing on Staple Island and on the way we were shown a grey seal colony. We stayed on Staple Island for about 2 hours, walking amongst the birds.

We then left Staple Island and sailed off to Inner Farne Island where we stayed for another hour.

Both Islands are National Trust.