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Lovely stuff. We went for a boat ride around the farne islands when I was a kid, one of the highlights of my young birding life - just the sheer volume of amazing, beautiful birds and bird activity. Hope to go back one day soon with my kids in tow, before they become surly teenagers who don’t care about birds any more.
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Finally the terns: There was one area of Sandwich Terns who generally kept themselves to themselves
Arctic terns are very plentiful, with their "nests" (basically just an egg on the ground) right next to the walkways in many cases. This means that they aggressively defend these nests by divebombing you and dishing out pecks to the head. No-one is allowed on the island without a hat or hood. The last pic is my daughter running the gauntlet: