A family of killer whales has been seen hunting seals near the Farne Islands. The pod of orcas were spotted on Sunday by passengers onboard a tourist boat travelling around the islands off the ...

The first visitors have landed on Inner Farne off the Northumberland coast since 2022 A popular tourist island, home to thousands of seabirds, has reopened to visitors after two years. Landings were ...

Wildlife lovers will be able to get a close-up view of the spectacular sight of thousands of seabirds gathering on the internationally important Farne Islands. To mark the centenary of the National ...

There is hope puffins have built some immunity to bird flu as one of the Farne islands reopens to tourists, the National Trust has said. The trust, which cares for the islands off the coast of ...

A ban has been placed on visitors landing on the Farne Islands due to fears that Avian Influenza will rip through the seabird colonies once more. Last year, while the islands off the Northumberland ...

Every year a team of National Trust wardens spend months living and working on the Farne Islands. Here they tell what life is like. On occasions most of us fancy getting away from it all - leaving ...

The first time we visited the Farne Islands six years ago, we saw puffins and terns, enjoyed sunshine and a calm crossing. On the journey home, Geoff, the grandfather of my partner, Matthew, and the ...

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The Farne Islands are home to a huge array of wildlife. The islands are owned and protected by the National Trust, which says they host some 23 species of seabird, as well as a substantial colony of ...

Last week’s episode of Vera saw the detective donning her trusty raincoat to head to a remote Northumberland island, where a young conservation officer had washed up dead on the beach. Though the name ...