{"id":2915,"date":"2015-06-04T08:33:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T07:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2015-06-04T08:33:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T07:33:20","slug":"divebombed-farne-islands-safari-03062015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/farnes\/divebombed-farne-islands-safari-03062015","title":{"rendered":"Divebombed; Farne Islands Safari 03\/06\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday&#8217;s weather was a complete contrast to Tuesday as I collected Mike and Janet from Dunstan Steads.\u00a0 This was their second trip with NEWT, after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/birdwatching\/mud-glorious-mud-lindisfarne-safari-28112014\" target=\"_blank\">Lindisfarne trip last November<\/a>, and today we were heading across to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/tours.php?id=14\" target=\"_blank\">Farne Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Starting on dry land, we watched <em><strong>Grey Seals<\/strong><\/em> lazing in the sunshine as <em><strong>Skylarks<\/strong><\/em> soared overhead, <em><strong>Sandwich Terns<\/strong><\/em> plunged into the sea and <em><strong>Gannets<\/strong><\/em> soared by on the gentle breeze.\u00a0 Crossing to the islands on St Cuthbert II, we soon had streams of <em><strong>Guillemots, Puffins<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Razorbills<\/strong><\/em> passing by as <em><strong>Grey Seals<\/strong><\/em> popped their heads up out of the water around us and <em><strong>Kittiwakes<\/strong><\/em> called their name around the cliffs.\u00a0 Once landed on Inner Farne we came under attack by the feisty <em><strong>Arctic Terns<\/strong><\/em> \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 <em><strong>Common Terns<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Sandwich Terns<\/strong><\/em> kept themselves to themselves as <em><strong>Black-headed Gulls<\/strong><\/em> attempted to rob any <em><strong>Puffins<\/strong><\/em> that flew back in with fish, <em><strong>Common Eider<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Shags<\/strong><\/em> continued incubating eggs and brooding chicks, apparently unconcerned by the presence of so many people, and amidst the mayhem and noise of the tern colony one call stood out.\u00a0 &#8216;Choo-it, choo-it&#8217; grabbed the attention as a ghostly <em><strong>Roseate Tern<\/strong><\/em> flew around the lighthouse and then off towards the mainland, and we had another four encounters with this beautiful species befopre we departed for the mainland \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday&#8217;s weather was a complete contrast to Tuesday as I collected Mike and Janet from Dunstan Steads.\u00a0 This was their second trip with NEWT, after a Lindisfarne trip last November, and today we were heading across to the Farne Islands. 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