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	Farne Islands
		De volgende dag is het prachtig weer en gaan we naar de "Farne Islands".
		In de ochtend vaar je naar "Staple Island" in de middag naar "Inner Farne" en een tocht de gehele dag bezoek je beide eilanden.
		Onder een prachtige blaauwe hemel met hier en daar wat wolken varen we de haven van Seahouses uit, nieuwsgierig wat we te zien krijgen.
	www.xs4all.nl /~bbatist/reisfoto/northumberland/01/index.html (495 words)

	Farne Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands have no permanent population, the only residents being National Trust bird wardens during part of the year: they live in the old pele tower on the Inner Farne, the largest and closest inshore of the islands, and the lighthouse cottage on the Brownsman in the outer group.
		Lesser Crested Terns normally nest on islands off the coast of Libya and migrate to West Africa for the winter; it is thought that "Elsie" took a wrong turn at the Straits of Gibraltar on spring migration.
		This gives the islands their steep, in places vertical cliffs, and the sea around the islands is scattered with stacks up to 20 metres (66 feet) in height.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farne_Islands (1093 words)

	FARNE ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on FARNE ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Aldershot NorthCamp is within the parish.FARNE ISLANDS [also FEARNE, FERN, or THE STAPLES], a group of rocky islands and reefs off the coast of Northumberland,England, included in that county.
		On Fame is a smallancient chapel, with a square tower near it built for purposes ofdefence in the 15th century.
		This unnaturalrebellion on the part of one grandson, combined with the factthat it was supported by the other grandson, Cardinal,Alessandro,hastened the popes death, which occurred on the 10th of November 1349.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FA/FARNE_ISLANDS.htm (1139 words)

	The Farne Islands
		The Outer Farnes offer some of the best diving in Northumberland however planning dives here can be most frustrating; their exposed situation and the vagaries of our weather often mean that plans have to be changed at a moments notice.
		As a very general rule, the underwater terrain on the northerly sides of the islands tends to be shallower with gradually sloping reefs whereas the south sides tend to be more dramatic walls to deeper water.
		I'd recommend entering in the lee of the island, submerging and then exploring out to the south-east near the seabed - ensuring sufficient air is retained to return along a shallower part of the reef so as to benefit from the shelter of the island before surfacing.
	www.dcordes.freeuk.com /farnes.htm (4071 words)

	Farne Islands diving - September 2002 - DIVERNET from Diver Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Half-time was not a period of rest for the energetic, however, because the chance to snorkel with part of a large group of resident grey seals soon presented itself.
		Talk in Farne Diver's wheelhouse fell back to the equivalent dive the previous year, and how the huge prop had been seen in 10m of water.
		The Farne Islands lie on the Northumbrian coast some 50 miles south of Edinburgh and 50 miles north of Newcastle.
	www.divernet.com /travel/0902farne.htm (1833 words)

	Long weekends - Farne Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		What the Farnes may lack in sheer numbers of fish is made up for by one of the most exciting encounters you are likely to have in UK waters.
		The hourly trips to the islands, where you can stand a metre away from birds on their nests and see puffins at close quarters returning with beaks full of sand eels, are fascinating.
		The Farne Islands are without doubt one of the UK's prime diving locations, and the number of divers who already visit them every suitable weekend from all over the country is sufficient recommendation in itself.
	www.divernet.com /travel/farn898.htm (1042 words)

	ENGLISH NATURE - Special Sites
		The reserve is a small archipelago of islands (between 15 and 28, depending on the tide) lying approximately 5 km off coast of Northumberland and 10 km south-east of Lindisfarne (also an NNR).
		Access to the islands is restricted to certain times of the year and there are charges for admission (contact the National Trust for details).
		Farne Islands are formed from the most easterly outcrop of the Great Whin Sill.
	www.english-nature.org.uk /special/nnr/nnr_details.asp?nnr_name=&C=31&Habitat=0&natural_area=&local_team=0&spotlight_reserve=0&X=&NNR_ID=58 (504 words)

	Farne Islands Northumberland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		There are 28 Farne Islands in all, situated between 2-5 miles off the coast of Bamburgh.
		The islands are in the care of the National Trust, and are a very popular destination for lovers of wildlife.
		Historically the Farne Islands are associated with St. Aiden and St. Cuthbert, both of whom used the islands as a place to meditate in utter solitude.
	www.berwick.org.uk /farneislands/farneislands.htm (213 words)

	Seahouses Marine Club Farne Island Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Several local boats visit the island, which is fairly small, but is close to the rocks where Grace Darling carried out her heroic rescue.
		There are 15 - 28 islands between 1.5 and 4.5 miles offshore, known as the Farnes, depending on the state of the tide.
		There is much of interest on and around the Farnes, and during the breeding season, the baby seals basking on the rocks, also prove a great tourist attraction.
	www.seahousesmc.org.uk /Pages/Farnes.htm (442 words)

	Towhee.net - A Yank Birds in Europe: Stranger in a Farne Land
		Puffins use the larger Farne islands, where scarce dirt-covered acres are perforated with nest burrows every two to three feet.
		On the sea stacks off this island, the flat tops are covered with nesting Murre, and an occasional open space that holds a Shag nest, their charcoal, long-necked young nosily seeking the next fish.
		This is the primary nesting island for the Arctic Terns in the Farnes.
	www.towhee.net /europe/puffins.html (4772 words)

	The Farne Islands
		Comprising between 15 and 28 islands the number to be seen depend very much upon the state of the tide and consisting solely of bare igneous rock.
		Originally the Farne Islands were connected to the mainland and the reason for separation is probably a post-glacial rise in sea level and marine erosion, cutting along lines of weakness.
		The general trend of the rock is from south-west to north-east and this means that the islands have cliffs or rocky faces on the south and east and slope gradually to the north and east.
	www.seahouses.org /Farne-Islands (960 words)

	Farne Islands - A Visitors Guide
		islands being in the care of the National Trust are a very popular destination for lovers of wildlife, for nowhere in the British Isles are such a variety of seabirds to be seen in such a small area.
		islands are the summer home of four of the five species of British tern, as well as twelve other species of seabird, including puffins, guillemots and kittiwakes.
		Farne Islands can be reached via a half-hour boat trip from the village of Seahouses.
	www.northumberland-coast.co.uk /farne_islands.php (589 words)

	Towhee.net - A Yank Birds in Europe: Farne Islands, England
		The most famous rarity to be seen on the Farnes was "Elsie", a Lesser Crested Tern which first appeared in 1984 and subsequently returned for the next 15 summers, sometimes pairing with a Sandwich Tern.
		The islands are reached by boat from the village of Seahouses on the B1340 coast road north of Alnwick and there is a landing charge (free for NT members).
		The Brownsman, one of the thirty or so islands that make up the Farnes, is closed during the breeding season, Inner Farne is probably the best island for birds and the optimum time to visit is early summer.
	www.towhee.net /europe/farne.html (436 words)

	National Trust \| Places to visit for wildlife \| Farne Islands
		The Farne Islands form the most easterly point of the Great Whin Sill outcrop, a rock formation running 70 to 80ml across the north of England.
		Inner Island, a comparatively grassy island, is the nesting site for the majority of the four species of tern that breed on the Farne Islands during May and July.
		Several of the islands are covered with a layer of light peat, where most of the islands' vegetation is found.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/cymraeg/w-chl/w-countryside_environment/w-nature/w-nature-places_to_visit/w-nature-places_to_visit-farneislands.htm (668 words)

	Farne Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The islands are composed of resistant dolerite (lava) rocks.
		Islands are found in oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers.
		The Marshall Islands' nearest neighbors are Wake Island to the north, Kiribati and Nauru to the south, and the Federated States of Micronesia to the west.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9033765 (730 words)

	Farne Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Farne Islands are a group of 15 to 28 islands depending on the state of the tide.
		The largest colonies of birds can be found here on Staple Island nesting on the hard dolerite cliffs and also in respect to the puffins in their burrows, as many as 34,000 pairs!
		Some 274 species have been recorded on the Islands and most of these are found when passing through on migration.
	www.smartimages.co.uk /images/Landscapes/farneislands.html (149 words)

	Alfreton BSAC
		The Farne Islands are a group of around 28 small islands located just off the North East Coast of England.
		The variety of underwater life and underwater scenery around the islands is said by many divers to be some of the finest diving in the United Kingdom.
		The Farne Islands are the home to the only colony of grey seals on the East Coast and at times they are very inquisitive and can be seen swimming underwater on many dives.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /alfretonbsac/farnes.htm (334 words)

	Farne Islands (Important Birds Areas of United Kingdom)
		Farne Islands (Important Birds Areas of United Kingdom)
		Vegetation is limited to pioneer species due to the maritime conditions and the impact of large numbers of seabirds.
		The National Trust manages the islands, and the surrounding waters are of great value in terms of marine conservation.
	www.birdlife.org /datazone/sites/?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=2470&m=0 (217 words)

	farne islands
		The islands have a history of saints with a reclusive life style and heroes rescuing the survivors of ship wrecks.
		There are still buildings on the island that remind us of a period when monks lived their lives of seclusion here.
		Once you are on the island itself you will find out that the birds nest here in such large numbers that you actually have to watch were you put your feet.
	www.ronnotramper.com /farne_islands.html (971 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from the Farne Islands
		The trip first takes you to the outer islands for very close views of the 4,000 strong Grey Seal colony, on the way we were thrilled by the sight of a Harbour Porpoise breaking the water close to our boat.
		We landed on Staple Island for a two hour stay and after having some very dodgy stumbling over the rocks were soon at the top on the grass.
		Any visitor to the Island is enthralled by the Puffin numbers on land but you then realise when you start looking at the sea through binoculars that there are many, many more thousands on the water.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/england/farnes/farnes-june2002.htm (2635 words)

	Farne Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		his group of 28 islands (the number which can be seen depends on the state of the tide) lie to the north of Seahouses and can be visited by boats from the harbour between April and September, tide and weather permitting.
		Three of the islands, Staple Island, Inner Farne and Longstone may be landed on.
		Grace was the daughter of the lighthouse keeper on Longstone and, in 1838, assisted her father in rescuing the crew and passengers of the steamship Forfarshire which shipwrecked on the Farnes.
	www.thebournes.demon.co.uk /uk_farne.htm (186 words)

	The Farne Islands
		The islands, a nature reserve of the National Trust have no facilities and landing is allowed only on Inner Farne, Staple Island and Longstone for a small fee.
		Images of the rugged islands, the downwind smell of the guano and the clamour of thousands of bickering seabirds will long stay in the visitor's memory.
		The light on Inner Farne marks the inshore passage known as Inner Sound which is sometimes used by coasters.
	www.tmtr.com /rally/farne.htm (755 words)

	Farne Islands- Northumberland
		Estimated 3000 to 4000 Grey Seals on Farne.
		Farne Islands- Oh so photogenic Atlantic Puffins, 50,000 pairs, nest in burrows excavated in the peaty soil, single whitish egg.
		Kittiwake, nest of seaweed and grass, clinging to the cliffs.
	www.beautiful-england.co.uk /farne-islands.htm (679 words)

	The Farne Islands
		The Farne Islands are reached by boat from the picturesque fishing harbour of Seahouses.
		See the rocks off Longstone lighthouse where Grace Darling and her father performed a daring rescue of 5 stricken sailors who's steamboat 'Forfarshire' was dashed off the rocks one dark stormy night in September 1838.
		St Cuthbert died on Inner Farne in 687 and a chapel built in his memory can be visited on the island.
	freespace.virgin.net /scott.wilkes/new_page_23.htm (134 words)

	Of sea birds and grey seals - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		According to history, Farne Island is known to have close associations with the seventh century Northumbrian saints, St Cuthbert and St Aidan.
		Inner Farne is the largest of all the islands and has a flat land with few cliffs.
		A visit to the Holy Island and the Lindisfarne Priory cannot be missed, which is situated 30 km from the Seahouses.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/july252004/sh4.asp (1009 words)

	With nature and a camera: Farne Islands * [ebook chapter] / Richard Kearton, 1898
		We have several times visited the Farne Islands, and upon each occasion have received the most courteous and kindly attention from Robert Darling and his fellow-watchers, the brothers Patterson, who are employed by an association for the protection of the sea-birds breeding on this famous group of islands.
		The grass growing upon the Farne Island itself is coarse and poor, and as much of it is never touched by the rabbits, one year's growth has to force its way through the dead and matted mass of another, until the whole feels like walking on a huge fleece of wool.
		The watchers keep a number of crab-pots constantly in the sea, whilst they are looking after the birds, and we frequently enjoyed a fine crustacean for tea.
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /keacam/keacam1010.htm (241 words)

	Seahouses - Farne Islands Boat Trips
		The tour includes a cruise around all the Farne Islands, viewing the sea birds on the cliff faces, visiting the Grey Seal colonies and also follows the route Grace Darling and her father took during their heroic rescue in 1838.
		At 16 acres, Inner Farne is the largest of the Farne Islands and in the Summer months it becomes home to many thousands of nesting seabirds.
		A church was built on the island in 1370 dedicated to St Cuthbert and is open to the public today.
	www.farne-islands.com /boat-trips (1398 words)

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