"역사적인 가치도 중요하지만, 내셔널 트러스트(National Trust)에서 이곳을 보호하고 있는 주된 이유는
섬에 서식하는 생물들이라고
할 수 있습니다.
가장 유명한 것들은 섬에 서식하는 새들로, 대표적인 종으로는 바다쇠오리(Puffin),
북극제비갈매기(Arctic Terns)
가 있습니다.
바다쇠오리는 둥지를 굴속에 만드는데 직접 만드는 것이 아니라
토끼들이 사용하고 있는 굴을 뺏는다고 합니다.
새들 이외에도 중요한
보존대상은 회색 물개입니다.
약 6000여 마리의 물개가 제도 전체에 걸쳐 살면서
매년 9월에서 11월 사이에 수백 마리의 새끼를 낳는다고
합니다.
이곳의 자연경관을 감상하기 위해서 배를
이용할 수도 있고,
섬 주변에서 다이빙을 할 수도 있습니다.
다이빙을 통해 바다 속에 있는 물개의 모습을 관찰할 수 있을 뿐 아니라
난파된
선박의 잔해들을 볼 수도 있습니다.
자연의 아름다움을 만끽할 수 있는 판 제도(Frne Islands)!
내셔널 트러스트(National
Trust)에서 왜 이곳을 보호하고 있는지를 깨닫고,
우리나라의 소중한 자연경관에 대한 관심을 갖고
후손들에게 물려 줄 수 있는 계기가 되기를
바랍니다."
서울대학교 사범대 지리교육학과. 이헌수 자원봉사자
A Trip to the Farne Islands
A Trip to the Farne Islands
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Off the coast of northeast England lies an archipelago of 16-28 islands (depending on the tide). Owned and protected by the British National Trust, the Farne Islands host 100,000 pairs of breeding seabirds, including more than 23 species. It is also home to one of Europe's largest grey seal colonies: About 4,000 adults give birth to 1,500 pups every autumn. Every five years, the National Trust carries out a census of the islands' population of puffins, and last year's survey showed there were almost 40,000 nesting pairs on the islands--an 8 percent rise from 2008. [28 photos]
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A Puffin returns to its nest with a beak full of sand eels on Inner Farne, England, on June 25, 2011. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Members of the public take pictures as they visit the Farne Islands where Puffins are returning to their summer breeding grounds, on May 16, 2013 in the Farne Islands, England. A census is carried out every five years with the last one in 2008 recording 36,500 pairs of puffins. The Farne Islands, offer good protection for the birds to nest, providing excellent sources of food, and few ground predators, despite this rangers fear that the extreme winter could impact on breeding numbers. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) #
A gull forces a puffin to drop its sand eels on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast, northern England, on July 8, 2013. (Reuters/Nigel Roddis) #
National Trust rangers Will Scott, David Kinchin Smith, Samantha Morgan and Laura Shearer put their hands into Puffin nests during a census on the Farne Islands, on May 16, 2013. Every five years the National Trust carries out a census of the islands' population of puffins, and this year's survey showed there were almost 40,000 nesting pairs on the islands - an 8 percent rise from 2008. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) #
Head ranger David Steel sprays a seal pup with pigment so that it can be counted as part of a census on Brownsman Island, part of the Farne Islands, on November 18, 2013. (Reuters/Nigel Roddis) #
A warden walks through a breeding colony of Arctic Terns on June 24, 2011 on Inner Farne, England. Visitors to the Farne Islands are pre-warned and advised to wear hats to protect themselves from the Terns who will dive down and attack anyone they perceive as a threat to their nest. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) #
A shag protects its young on the Farne Islands, on July 8, 2013. Shags are the largest of the seabirds that breed on the islands. (Reuters/Nigel Roddis) #
Puffins return to their summer breeding grounds on the Farne Islands as National Trust rangers carry out a Puffin census, on May 16, 2013. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) #
Members of the public travel by boat from the Farne Islands where Puffins are returning to their summer breeding grounds, on May 16, 2013. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) #