Northumberland tourist attraction to reopen to visitors after two years
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA bird habitat will welcome visitors again after closing due to bird flu. The Farne Islands in Northumberland, home to around 200,000 seabirds like puffins, Arctic terns, and kittiwakes, will reopen this spring.
For the first time in two years, visitor boats can land on these islands from March 25. Every year at the end of March, the birds come back to the islands to breed and leave once their chicks are fully grown at summer's end.
Two years ago, bird flu hit the colony hard, with more than 6,000 dead birds found. In 2023, the disease was still there but the number of dead birds fell by about 40%, giving hope that the birds were getting some immunity.
However, people were not allowed to land on the Farnes to protect the birds and stop bird flu from spreading accidentally. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Nature lovers could still watch the wildlife from boat trips, but they couldn't land.
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