Farne puffin numbers show increase

19 July 2013 Last updated at 00:16 ET

Puffin numbers are on the increase but still way below their 2003 high.

Puffin numbers in a habitat in the north-east of England are making a comeback despite thousands having perished in severe winter storms.

A census on the Farne Islands, off the coast of Northumberland, showed there had been an 8% increase from the last count in 2008.

There are now just under 40,000 pairs of nesting puffins across the eight National Trust-owned islands.

But numbers are still lower than the 55,674 living on the islands in 2003.

Dozens of seabirds were washed up along the coast of north-east England and Scotland in March, with experts blaming weather conditions, as well a shortage of food.

A team of 11 rangers have been checking thousands of burrows on the Farne Islands in search of nesting puffins since May.

David Steel, head ranger on the Farne Islands, said the rise in numbers was a "positive result and a step forward following worrying declines in recent years".

He added: "It comes as a real relief following some difficult years for them - with the flooding of burrows last year and a very challenging winter.

"We had feared that the numbers of puffins would be down again as has happened on other colonies, including those on the Shetland Islands.

"The bad weather during recent seasons has had some impact on numbers, but with a good nesting habitat secured by us and a plentiful supply of food in the area, numbers have been recovering pretty strongly, which is great news for the puffins and other seabirds."

As well as the puffins, the Farne Islands host thousands of grey seals along with many other types of bird, including Arctic terns, guillemots and razorbills.

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Courtesy Boston Magazine

A sniper trains his beam on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Photo by Sean Murphy.

By Matthew DeLuca and Becky Bratu, NBC News

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Family members of the survivors said the defendant appeared to smirk and appear indifferent to the court proceedings, speaking only to enter his plea with an accent reflecting his Chechen background.

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The editor-in-chief of Boston Magazine wrote in a post later on the publication?s website on Thursday that Murphy had been relieved of duty, but not fired. His status of duty was to reviewed next week, editor John Wolfson wrote.

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But for many in Boston, Murphy said in his statement after releasing the photographs, the wounds from the 19-year-old Tsarnaev?s alleged actions are still raw.

?These were real people, with real lives, with real families,? Murphy said. ?I know from first-hand conversations that this Rolling Stone cover has kept many of them up ? again.? It?s irritated wounds that will never heal ? again. There is nothing glamorous in bringing more pain to a grieving family.?

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That's still a matter of dispute, but the Energy Department is already citing the storm as a prime example of climate change's toll on the energy sector.http://news.yahoo.com/sandy-katrina-caused-climate-change-says-energy-department-162434511.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 12:24:34 -0400National Journalsandy-katrina-caused-climate-change-says-energy-department-162434511(Reuters) - More than 140,000 homes and businesses, mostly in Ohio, were without power early Thursday following severe thunderstorms on Wednesday, according to local power companies. American Electric Power Co Inc, the hardest-hit utility in Ohio, said a strong band of severe weather traveled across the state Wednesday afternoon, causing "considerable damage" to its electric system. ...http://news.yahoo.com/more-140-000-without-power-midwest-storms-124915108.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 08:49:15 -0400Reutersmore-140-000-without-power-midwest-storms-124915108Did global warming cause Hurricane Sandy? That's still a matter of dispute, but the Energy Department is already citing the storm as a prime example of climate change's toll on the energy sector.http://news.yahoo.com/energy-department-blaming-every-major-storm-climate-change-110037736.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 07:20:20 -0400National Journalenergy-department-blaming-every-major-storm-climate-change-110037736Did global warming cause Hurricane Sandy? That's still a matter of dispute, but the Energy Department is already citing the storm as a prime example of climate change's toll on the energy sector.http://news.yahoo.com/where-climate-change-hurting-u-104219749.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 06:58:42 -0400National Journalwhere-climate-change-hurting-u-104219749<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-june-coffee-exports-31-pct-ago-080638686.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l_DN8wgV4vPD4CQF9_cd3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-11T080638Z_1_AJOE96A0MJ500_RTROPTP_2_OZABS-UGANDA-COFFEE-20130711.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda exported 361,146 60-kg bags of coffee in June, a 31 percent rise on the same period a year ago after dry weather conditions helped speed up maturation of the beans and the drying process, a state agency said on Thursday. Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said the east African nation had exported 275,057 bags in June 2012. Uganda is one of Africa&#039;s biggest coffee exporters and the bean is one of its main sources of foreign currency. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-june-coffee-exports-31-pct-ago-080638686.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 04:06:38 -0400Reutersuganda-june-coffee-exports-31-pct-ago-080638686<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-june-coffee-exports-31-pct-ago-080638686.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l_DN8wgV4vPD4CQF9_cd3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-11T080638Z_1_AJOE96A0MJ500_RTROPTP_2_OZABS-UGANDA-COFFEE-20130711.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda exported 361,146 60-kg bags of coffee in June, a 31 percent rise on the same period a year ago after dry weather conditions helped speed up maturation of the beans and the drying process, a state agency said on Thursday. Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said the east African nation had exported 275,057 bags in June 2012. Uganda is one of Africa&#039;s biggest coffee exporters and the bean is one of its main sources of foreign currency. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/Cuyahoga-County-Board-of-Health-warns-of-mosquitoes-as-wet-weather-continuesWed, 10 Jul 2013 21:14:10 -0400dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/Cuyahoga-County-Board-of-Health-warns-of-mosquitoes-as-wet-weather-continues<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/biden-chinas-rise-good-cybertheft-must-stop-193121475.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WxeVBrBKKB0cHUdI980suA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/91dc361410f52f17370f6a70670063d2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, left, Secretary of State John Kerry, second from left, and others, participate in the Joint Session on Climate Change with Chinese delegation headed by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and China&#039;s State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in the Thomas Jefferson Room at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" align="left" title="Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, left, Secretary of State John Kerry, second from left, and others, participate in the Joint Session on Climate Change with Chinese delegation headed by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and China&#039;s State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in the Thomas Jefferson Room at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that China&#039;s rise is good but its theft of U.S intellectual property must stop as the global powers held annual talks that signaled more cooperation on tackling climate change while underscoring their deep differences on human rights.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/biden-chinas-rise-good-cybertheft-must-stop-193121475.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 19:45:30 -0400Associated Pressbiden-chinas-rise-good-cybertheft-must-stop-193121475<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/biden-chinas-rise-good-cybertheft-must-stop-193121475.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WxeVBrBKKB0cHUdI980suA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/91dc361410f52f17370f6a70670063d2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, left, Secretary of State John Kerry, second from left, and others, participate in the Joint Session on Climate Change with Chinese delegation headed by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and China&#039;s State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in the Thomas Jefferson Room at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" align="left" title="Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, left, Secretary of State John Kerry, second from left, and others, participate in the Joint Session on Climate Change with Chinese delegation headed by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and China&#039;s State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in the Thomas Jefferson Room at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that China&#039;s rise is good but its theft of U.S intellectual property must stop as the global powers held annual talks that signaled more cooperation on tackling climate change while underscoring their deep differences on human rights.</p><br clear="all"/>As?Summer is beginning to show its face again, we see that temperatures are on the rise. ? Temperatures across the Metroplex tomorrow?will be at or above 100?.? Temperatures along the Red River will be a [?]http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/09/weather-pattern-and-temperature-changes-are-coming/Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:47:10 -04002013/07/09/weather-pattern-and-temperature-changes-are-coming/By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Crews battling an Alaska wildfire that has burned nearly 130 square miles of forest took advantage of rain and cooler weather on Tuesday to dramatically slow the spread of the flames and allow residents of two threatened communities to return home. The so-called Stuart Creek 2 Fire broke out on June 19 and quickly became the most serious of more than 90 active Alaska blazes, marching toward the communities of Two Rivers and Pleasant Valley between Fairbanks and the Chena River State Recreation Area. ...http://news.yahoo.com/firefighters-helped-rain-cool-weather-alaska-wildfire-fight-200536947.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 16:17:12 -0400Reutersfirefighters-helped-rain-cool-weather-alaska-wildfire-fight-200536947The rainy spring and early summer has stalled the cutting of hay and prevented tobacco plants from setting deep roots in Virginia. But cooperative extension agents say the wet weather hasn't been all bad. ...http://news.yahoo.com/rainy-weather-having-mixed-results-151425699.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 11:14:25 -0400Associated Pressrainy-weather-having-mixed-results-151425699A long stretch of warm, dry weather last week helped Minnesota's crops catch up on growing. In its weekly crops and weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says a statewide average ...http://news.yahoo.com/warm-dry-weather-helps-minnesotas-204805346.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 16:48:05 -0400Associated Presswarm-dry-weather-helps-minnesotas-204805346Going to Seed: Climate Change Could Spark Small Mammal Invasionhttp://news.yahoo.com/going-seed-climate-change-could-spark-small-mammal-100000568.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 06:00:00 -0400Scientific Americangoing-seed-climate-change-could-spark-small-mammal-100000568In a world committed to combating climate change, what role, if any, can coal play?http://news.yahoo.com/coal-crystal-ball-bright-muddled-bleak-092834943.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 05:28:34 -0400National Journalcoal-crystal-ball-bright-muddled-bleak-092834943http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/07/weather-blog-the-heat-goes-on/Sun, 07 Jul 2013 10:56:49 -04002013/07/07/weather-blog-the-heat-goes-on/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/05/officials-urging-people-stay-safe-in-hot-weather/Fri, 05 Jul 2013 23:56:24 -04002013/07/05/officials-urging-people-stay-safe-in-hot-weather/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/industry-panning-obamas-climate-change-push-135008877.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O8Ycyrn.1vBTi7k104lCHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/89f3856655de9716360f6a70670090e9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" border="0" /></a>BOW, N.H. (AP) ? President Barack Obama&#039;s push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the health of an energy sector facing strict new pollution limits.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/industry-panning-obamas-climate-change-push-135008877.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 14:57:01 -0400Associated Pressindustry-panning-obamas-climate-change-push-135008877<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/industry-panning-obamas-climate-change-push-135008877.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O8Ycyrn.1vBTi7k104lCHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/89f3856655de9716360f6a70670090e9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" border="0" /></a>BOW, N.H. (AP) ? President Barack Obama&#039;s push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the health of an energy sector facing strict new pollution limits.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gas-price-retreats-warm-weather-dulls-demand-083816319.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/s.5zFiopD.q1YlfDO2h1Yw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T083816Z_1_CBRE9630NZX00_RTROPTP_2_CENTRICA-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photogrpah shows a gas cooker in Boroughbridge" align="left" title="File photogrpah shows a gas cooker in Boroughbridge" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British spot gas prices pared back gains on Thursday as warm weather curbed demand, leaving the system oversupplied. Gas for Friday delivery was trading 0.60 pence lower at 64.55 pence per therm at 0737 GMT. Prices had been gaining ground over the past couple of weeks. &quot;The system opened long this morning, which is a bearish factor for (the within-day) contract and may pull down other NBP prompt prices,&quot; Point Carbon analysts said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/gas-price-retreats-warm-weather-dulls-demand-083816319.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 04:38:16 -0400Reutersgas-price-retreats-warm-weather-dulls-demand-083816319<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gas-price-retreats-warm-weather-dulls-demand-083816319.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/s.5zFiopD.q1YlfDO2h1Yw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T083816Z_1_CBRE9630NZX00_RTROPTP_2_CENTRICA-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photogrpah shows a gas cooker in Boroughbridge" align="left" title="File photogrpah shows a gas cooker in Boroughbridge" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British spot gas prices pared back gains on Thursday as warm weather curbed demand, leaving the system oversupplied. Gas for Friday delivery was trading 0.60 pence lower at 64.55 pence per therm at 0737 GMT. Prices had been gaining ground over the past couple of weeks. &quot;The system opened long this morning, which is a bearish factor for (the within-day) contract and may pull down other NBP prompt prices,&quot; Point Carbon analysts said. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-climate-change-push-draws-industry-criticism-070831106.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O8Ycyrn.1vBTi7k104lCHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/89f3856655de9716360f6a70670090e9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" border="0" /></a>BOW, N.H. (AP) ? President Barack Obama&#039;s push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the health of an energy sector facing strict new pollution limits.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-climate-change-push-draws-industry-criticism-070831106.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 04:28:38 -0400Associated Pressobama-climate-change-push-draws-industry-criticism-070831106<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-climate-change-push-draws-industry-criticism-070831106.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O8Ycyrn.1vBTi7k104lCHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/89f3856655de9716360f6a70670090e9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)" border="0" /></a>BOW, N.H. (AP) ? President Barack Obama&#039;s push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the health of an energy sector facing strict new pollution limits.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/burning-climate-change-impact-western-wildfires-201952357.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sBUgDjNYHhnpiFGBVIjyAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/yarnell.jpeg1372881428" width="130" height="86" alt="Burning Question: How Will Climate Change Impact Western Wildfires?" align="left" title="Burning Question: How Will Climate Change Impact Western Wildfires?" border="0" /></a>Climate change will dramatically alter wildfire patterns in the western United States before the century ends, studies show.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/burning-climate-change-impact-western-wildfires-201952357.htmlWed, 03 Jul 2013 16:19:52 -0400LiveScience.comburning-climate-change-impact-western-wildfires-201952357<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/burning-climate-change-impact-western-wildfires-201952357.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sBUgDjNYHhnpiFGBVIjyAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/yarnell.jpeg1372881428" width="130" height="86" alt="Burning Question: How Will Climate Change Impact Western Wildfires?" align="left" title="Burning Question: How Will Climate Change Impact Western Wildfires?" border="0" /></a>Climate change will dramatically alter wildfire patterns in the western United States before the century ends, studies show.</p><br clear="all"/>

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