In the summer of 1998, we took our family holiday in Seahouses, Northumberland, England. While there, we visited the Farne Islands, a world-class nature reserve inhabited by many seabirds. These pictures show some of the birds we saw. To see a better image click on the thumbnail. You need to click on the back button in your browser to get back here afterwards.
Guillemots are a species of auk.
Their short wings make them great swimmers but not so great flyers. There are a number of different species of tern living on the Farnes but they are difficult to tell apart from this angle. A kittiwake hovers above a group of cormorants. These birds and some of the local people have a good living from the abundance of fishing off the Farnes. Great flocks of these flutter overhead as the boat makes its way around the islands.