Births of grey seal pups reach their peak at this time of year. The 4,000 strong grey seal colony on the Farne Islands make it the largest colony in England. The first pup arrived on the 4th October and it has been joined by another 400 since then.
Last year over 1,300 pups were born, but there is a high mortality rate of about 55%. Storms can lash the rocky islands washing them off the rocks into the sea. The weather this year has been fairly kind.
Wardens tag some of the pups which can tarvel long distances in their first year of life.
