The Farne Islands: Puffins and St Cuthbert's Island
North East, England
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The Farne Islands: Puffins and St Cuthbert's Island
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The Farne Islands lie off Seahouses. St Aidan came here in 651, and St Cuthbert lived as a hermit on Inner Farne, where he died in 687; the protection he gave the nesting eider ducks and seabirds in 676 is thought to be the earliest bird-protection law anywhere. Puffins, Arctic terns and guillemots nest on the islands from April to July. On the outer group stands the Longstone lighthouse, from which Grace Darling and her father rowed out in 1838 to rescue survivors of the Forfarshire; the RNLI's Grace Darling Museum is in Bamburgh.
Required Activities
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of 4
Take a boat trip from Seahouses to the Farne Islands and land on Inner Farne, where St Cuthbert lived as a hermit
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of 4
Look for puffins, Arctic terns and guillemots on the islands' cliffs in the nesting season from April to July
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of 4
See Longstone Lighthouse, from which Grace Darling and her father rowed out in 1838 to rescue survivors of the Forfarshire
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of 4
Visit the Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh, run by the RNLI
Take a boat trip from Seahouses to the Farne Islands and land on Inner Farne, where St Cuthbert lived as a hermit
Look for puffins, Arctic terns and guillemots on the islands' cliffs in the nesting season from April to July
See Longstone Lighthouse, from which Grace Darling and her father rowed out in 1838 to rescue survivors of the Forfarshire
Visit the Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh, run by the RNLI
Before you go
Puffins, Arctic terns and guillemots nest on the Farnes from April to July.
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