![]() The islands are also home to one of England’s largest grey seal colonies. The hope is that making the islands off limits gives the birds a better chance of survival. There are no records, the trust said, of anything so potentially damaging to the already endangered colonies. The National Trust has been caring for the Farne Islands, home to about 200,000 seabirds annually, for nearly a century. ![]() Wild seabirds have been particularly hard hit. The World Organisation for Animal Health (Woah) said there had been “an unprecedented number of outbreaks” of bird flu reported in regions across the world since the outbreak began in October 2021. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian ‘It unfolded so quickly.’ Tom Hendry, one of the National Trust rangers, who described the challenge avian flu has brought to the island. ![]()
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