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  • Puffins ride the storm to return to Coquet Island

    Puffins ride the storm to return to Coquet Island

    26th April 2013

    The RSPB wardens on Coquet Island were holding their breath at the start of the season…

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  • Puffins prepare for Festival

    Puffins prepare for Festival

    1st March 2013

    As the time draws closer for the return of the puffins to Coquet Island at the…

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  • Ray King: Earliest memories

    Ray King: Earliest memories

    30th October 2012

    Having reached the ripe old age of  88, I would like to share a few of…

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  • Whither And Why: Happy Honkday

    Whither And Why: Happy Honkday

    23rd October 2012

    From the desk of Gerald Honk, Esq. The anniversary of one’s birth is invariably a splendid…

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  • Whither And Why: HRH

    Whither And Why: HRH

    14th August 2012

    From the desk of Gerald Honk, esq. I emerged from the parting crowd triumphant. My dear…

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  • Captain Coquet’s Corner — Puffin Jubilympics

    Captain Coquet’s Corner — Puffin Jubilympics

    14th August 2012

    Coquet Island’s puffins celebrated the Jubilee and the Olympics with their very own “Jubilympics”!! This year…

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  • Whither And Why: Easter 2012

    Whither And Why: Easter 2012

    3rd April 2012

    From the desk of Gerald Honk, Esq. I strolled along the Butts of Warkworth on a…

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  • Coquet welcomes the 2012 seabird season

    Coquet welcomes the 2012 seabird season

    3rd April 2012

    The RSPB wardens are settled into their quarters in the lighthouse, the spring cleaning is done…

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  • Captain Coquet’s Corner: February – March 2012

    Captain Coquet’s Corner: February – March 2012

    31st January 2012

    Winter Residents The island was inaccessible for several days this January, due to rough seas. On…

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  • Whither And Why: Burns’ Night etiquette

    Whither And Why: Burns’ Night etiquette

    25th January 2012

    Whither And Why, with H.H. and Honk: Burns Night From the desk of Gerald Honk “’Gerald…

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