Located a few miles off the Northumberland coast, a handful of small and rocky islands make up the collective group that is the Farne Islands. Visually unremarkable, the highest point, on Inner Farne, is a mere 19 miles above sea level, while some of the smaller “islands” dip below the sea on all but the lowest tides. Yet these islands have a major ecological interest; in the summer months they are taken over by approximately 100, 000 pairs of nesting […]
