Sightings of dolphins off the Northumberland coast have jumped - but what is drawing the playful marine mammals to our seas?

Why are there so many bottlenose dolphins this year?

There are fears for puffin colonies in the UK as they struggle to deal with our changing climate - but there is some good news.

Annual puffin counts aim to tackle threats to the charismatic birds

Puffin numbers appear to be falling on the Farne Islands.

The first seal pup of the year has been born on the Farne Islands, marking the start of this year’s seal count.

What caused an 18-hundred-tonne ship to become stranded on rocks on the Farne Islands in March last year?


The puffin population of the North Sea coast has remained constant despite thousands of birds dying during severe weather earlier this year.