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Took my daughter for a trip to the Farne Islands last weekend, to experience the terns. Regular readers of my outback reports will know she has become quite interested in birds lately, such that she can spend a good deal of time enjoying them. She still has many other interests, and she is more interested in Nature as a whole than birds in particular, I think… but that’s no bad thing.
Anyway, we had a good time, and she enjoyed herself – although she did find the Arctic Terns rather intimidating!
What clinched the island trip for her though, were the jellyfish and comb jellies by the Inner Farne slipway (and also later in the harbour at Craster). The comb jellies were fantastic, with the rainbow effect from the interference caused by their cilia!
We had a full Saturday, as well as the trip up on Friday, and half a day plus the trip down on Sunday, and my daughter made a stirling effort keeping the list going. We were on the wrong side of the boat when the Manx Shearwater flew past (harumph!), and for some reason we didn't spot the singly Roseate Tern on Inner Farne!
The fruits of my daughter's listing labour are as follows.
Species
Arctic Tern
Blackbird
Black-headed Gull
Blue Tit
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Collared Dove
Common Tern
Cormorant
Eider
Feral Pigeon
Fulmar
Gannet
Goldfinch
Great Black-backed Gull
Grey Heron
Guillemot
Herring Gull
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Kestrel
Kittiwake
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Linnet
Magpie
Mallard
Mute Swan
Oystercatcher
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Puffin
Razorbill
Red-legged Partridge
Rock Pipit
Rook
Sandwich Tern
Shag
Shelduck
Skylark
Starling
Stonechat
Swallow
Swift
Tree Pipit
Woodpigeon
Yellowhammer
Anyway, we had a good time, and she enjoyed herself – although she did find the Arctic Terns rather intimidating!
What clinched the island trip for her though, were the jellyfish and comb jellies by the Inner Farne slipway (and also later in the harbour at Craster). The comb jellies were fantastic, with the rainbow effect from the interference caused by their cilia!
We had a full Saturday, as well as the trip up on Friday, and half a day plus the trip down on Sunday, and my daughter made a stirling effort keeping the list going. We were on the wrong side of the boat when the Manx Shearwater flew past (harumph!), and for some reason we didn't spot the singly Roseate Tern on Inner Farne!
The fruits of my daughter's listing labour are as follows.
Species
Arctic Tern
Blackbird
Black-headed Gull
Blue Tit
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Collared Dove
Common Tern
Cormorant
Eider
Feral Pigeon
Fulmar
Gannet
Goldfinch
Great Black-backed Gull
Grey Heron
Guillemot
Herring Gull
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Kestrel
Kittiwake
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Linnet
Magpie
Mallard
Mute Swan
Oystercatcher
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Puffin
Razorbill
Red-legged Partridge
Rock Pipit
Rook
Sandwich Tern
Shag
Shelduck
Skylark
Starling
Stonechat
Swallow
Swift
Tree Pipit
Woodpigeon
Yellowhammer