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The Farne Islands Counts its Puffins and other Seabirds

The Farne Islands are off the coast of northeast England and are home to a huge seabird colony. The islands are owned and protected by the British conservation charity, the National Trust, which says the islands host some 23 species of seabird, as well as a substantial colony of grey seals, who come to have their pups there in the autumn. Every five years the National Trust carries out a census of the islands' population of puffins, and this year's survey showed there were almost 40,000 nesting pairs on the islands.

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The Farne Islands Counts its Puffins and other Seabirds

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  1. The Farne Islands Counts its Puffins and other Seabirds An Artic Tern feeds its chick. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  2. Rangers remove a puffin from its burrow on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast, northern England on May 15.

  3. A ranger measures an Artic Tern chick on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast, northern England on July 8. 

  4. An Artic Tern dive bombs a ranger. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  5. An Artic Tern swoops down from the sky. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  6. A Puffin is seen with Sand Eels in its beak. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  7. A Puffin shakes off the rain. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  8. Rangers release shag chicks after attaching identification rings to them. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  9. A shag protects its young. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  10. A ranger catches a shag chick to attach an identification ring. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  11. Grey seals play underwater. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  12. A grey bull seal lies in a water pool. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  13. Grey seal bulls fight for territory and females. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  14. A female grey seal nuzzles her newborn calf. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  15. Head ranger David Steel sprays a seal pup with pigment so that it can be counted as part of a census on Brownsman Island, which is part of the Farne Islands. 

  16. Seals lie on Brownsman Island. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  17. A view of Inner Farne, part of the Farne Islands, is seen off the Northumberland coast, northern England, on July 19. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

  18. A Guillemot swims underwater by the Farne Islands.

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