Friday 8 July 2011

Day 1

We spent 6 hours on the Farne Islands and were very lucky to have great weather, despite the forecast predicting "Thundery Showers" throughout the week!

Highlights:
Puffin
Guillemot
Razorbill
Fulmar
Eider Duck
Gannet
Arctic Tern
Sandwich Tern
Rock Pipit
Ringed Plover
Bullfinch
Atlantic Grey Seal

Total number of species of bird seen or heard after day 1: 37

Puffin with a mouth-full of snad eels
Puffin
Juvenile Shag
Juvenile Kittiwake
Razorbill
Kittiwake
Puffin
Puffin
Adult and Juvenile Oystercatcher
Adult Guillemot with Juveniles
Arctic Tern
Puffin
Puffins
Puffins
Puffin
Puffin
Puffin
Juvenile Shags
Puffins
Adult and Juvenile Sandwich Terns
Arctic Tern with sand eel
Juvenile Puffin

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