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Farne Islands to reopen after two-year closure

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The Farne Islands in Northumberland will reopen to guests this month, having been shut off to guests for 2 years on account of fowl flu.

Inner Farne will open in afterward in March, however Staple Island is to stay closed. Boat skippers who supply day journeys say the closure has had a huge impact on their business.

In 2022, greater than 6,000 seabirds died from avian flu throughout the islands, adopted by about half that quantity in 2023.



Arctic Tern is one species that has been severely impacted by fowl flu on the Farnes (Pierre Montieth).

 

PPE birding

Teams of rangers, who reside and work on the islands, needed to put on full private protecting gear (PPE) to take away the birds in order that they might be incinerated.

Area ranger Sophia Jackson stated: “It appears that the illness has declined in our birds, though we are going to proceed to intently monitor them because the breeding season begins once more.”

Visitor boats will be capable to land on Inner Farne from 25 March.

 

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