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

Hazmat suits have replaced tourists at the important UK sanctuary for breeding seabirds off coast of Northumberland"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. Continue reading...