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The National Trust is allowing visitors back onto Inner Farne in Northumberland for the first time in two years next month, having shut them down in a bid to protect around 200,000 seabirds - including puffins, terns and kittiwakes
Inner Farne’s huge bird colony was badly hit by an outbreak of bird flu two years ago - but will now reopen to the public
From 25 March, visitor boats will be able to land on the Farne Islands for the first time in two years, with bookings now open with boat trip operators. The Farne Islands are a National Nature Reserve and are an internationally important home to approximately 200,000 seabirds, including the charismatic puffin, Arctic terns, and kittiwakes. The birds return to the islands, just off the Northumberland coast at Seahouses, to breed each year from the end of March, departing once their chicks...
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THE ISSUE: It’s Friday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County and the surrounding region. Some of these items are welcome developments
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