I was a little early for the boat trip around the Farne Islands on 13th June, so I wandered along the cliffs at Seahouses instead of waiting at the harbour. There I came across a Common Whitethroat on a twig.
View of Inner Farne and the lighthouse from the cliff at Seahouses
Fulmar circling around above the cliff
and perching on the cliff face
Puffins at the edge of the cliff on one of the Farne Islands
Atlantic Puffin testing whether the metal ring is edible?
Puffin on the cliff face
Sight-seeing boats queuing up at the edge of one of the Farne islands
Oystercatcher standing on rock at the edge of Inner Farne
Pair of Arctic Terns in the long grass on Inner Farne
You never know what is going to happen with the Arctic Terns as you walk up the path from the landing stage on Inner Farne - their nests line the walkway!
Puffin having something to shout about with its pals
and again!
Black-headed gull trying to steal sand eels from a Puffin that had just landed on the island
Atlantic Puffin sitting amongst the white Sea Campion flowers
Pair of Puffins at the entrance to their nest among the flowers
Atlantic Puffin posing in front of the pretty Sea Campion flowers
Female Eider duck and Puffins
Pair of beak billing Puffins - part of their courtship ritual
Puffin just coming in to land amongst its friends
Oystercatcher at the edge of the island
Arctic Tern with a couple of well-hidden babies
Arctic Terns in flight
Oystercatcher sitting on a nest
Group of adult Arctic Terns with one juvenile Tern on rock at the edge of Inner Farne
One hour landing time on Inner Farne is just not enough!
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