A survey by the National Trust shows puffin numbers have declined this year, but other seabird species are thriving on the Farne Islands.
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 ...
Each spring, the Farne Islands off England's Northumberland coast transform into a seabird heaven, with puffins center stage. This year, to mark the 100th anniversary of the National Trust's ...
The National Trust has said it will closely monitor numbers and that several factors could be behind the decline.
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 Northumberland Coast, in the spring before departing ...
Puffin numbers have declined by almost a quarter on Northumberland's Farne Islands, the National Trust has confirmed. The number of breeding pairs has dropped from 50,103 to 38,500; but experts are ...
The puffin population at an ‘internationally significant’ sanctuary island has dropped by 23 per cent – potentially due to bird flu. This year’s National Trust bird count on the Farne Islands off ...
A crucial survey of one of Britain’s most beloved seabirds is being carried out to see if its numbers are being affected by climate change. On their hands and knees, National Trust rangers working on ...
The number of Puffins on the Farne Islands has plummeted by almost a quarter. According to a survey of the birds, which live on the islands off the Northumberland coast, the number of breeding pairs ...