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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

‘We feel more prepared’: Farne Islands face another season battling avian flu

National Trust rangers making their daily visit to monitor the bird population on the Farne Islands after am outbreak of avian flu forced public closure.
National Trust rangers making their daily visit to monitor the bird population on the Farne Islands after am outbreak of avian flu forced public closure. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

“It was a very challenging year,” Harriet Reid said with considerable understatement as she reflected on a horrendous 2022 for one of the UK’s most important sanctuaries for breeding seabirds. “But we’ve learned a great deal and we feel more prepared.”

Reid is the National Trust’s area ranger responsible for the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland, home to an abundance of seabirds, many of them threatened species.

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