Farne and Staple Islands

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Kingdom of the Birds - Staple Island

Staple Island is a small rocky island, or skerry, that is one of the Outer Group of the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England. Staple Island is an important wildlife habitat known for its prolific breeding colonies of Atlantic puffins, razorbills and kittiwakes. Although now uninhabited, the island has a history associated with the early monastic settlement of nearby Lindisfarne.
During the spring breeding season over 80,000 pairs of puffins, guillemots, razorbills, eider ducks, kittiwakes, fulmars, shags, Arctic, common and sandwich terns plus more make the various islands their temporary home. Gannets and roseate terns are regular visitors to feed in the rich seas surrounding the Farne Islands.

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Farne and Staple Islands