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Farne Islands and Bass Rock | Two for joy

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
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Puffin (Photograph by DK Bhaskar

Visit puffins (and many other great seabirds) on this travel trip to Scotland.
“More than 75,000 puffins breed on these little islands, along with 30 other species of seabirds. Nearly 160 different species of birds migrate through this passage every year,” said Marsh, carefully guiding us along the wooden pathways.

Farne Islands (BBC photo)

Farne Islands (BBC photo)

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INTERESTING FACT
It was onced believed that a Puffin was a fish as well as a bird. People thought it was born from rotting piece of wood floating in the sea, instead of hatching out from an egg as we know it does today.