The puffin population on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast has been declared "stable" after a devastating bird flu outbreak, the National Trust said.The charity's team of rangers this year carried out the first full count of the seabird species since 2019 on the remote national nature reserve, finding populations flourishing and avian influenza absent.The Farnes are an internationally important home to approximately 200,000 seabirds, including puffins, artic terns and kittiwakes, al

The puffin population on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast has been declared "stable" after a devastating bird flu outbreak, the National Trust said.The charity's team of rangers this year carried out the first full count of the seabird species since 2019 on the remote national nature reserve, finding populations flourishing and avian influenza absent.The Farnes are an internationally important home to approximately 200,000 seabirds, including puffins, artic terns and kittiwakes, all three of which are on the UK's "red list" of greatest conservation concern.