Roseate Terns at Coquet Island : 1st July 2014
On the first day of July we drove over to the Northumberland coast where we were staying for a few days at the Warkworth House Hotel in Warkworth, just north of Amble. We were taking a few days away but the main reason for choosing the area was to go to the RSPB reserve at Coquet Island to see if we could see any Roseate Terns. Coquet Island is the only remaining British breeding colony of Roseate Terns. It is not possible to land on the island but we booked a boat trip from the harbour at Amble where Puffin Cruises use a retired Lifeboat to take people on round the island trips. As these are highly dependent upon the tides being right, the trips are sometimes at odd hours. Ours was booked for 4pm and we had high hopes for the trip.