Puffins, seals and jellyfish of the Farne Islands – in pictures

An arctic tern about to peck a mans head as he walks through nesting seabirds on Inner Farne Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A kittiwake sits with its chicks on a cliff face Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The Farne Islands are situated two to three miles off the Northumberland coastline Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A gull steals an egg from a nest on a cliff top Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A Grey Seal comes for a closer look at a group of divers Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A lobster blends into a rock face Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A puffin flaps its wings near its burrow on a cliff top Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A lion's mane jellyfish swims beneath the waters of Inner Farne Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Soft corals and sea urchins crowd an outcrop Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A moon jellyfish Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The coastlines around the Farnes are the breeding ground to one of Europe's largest grey seal colonies with around 4,000 adults giving birth to 1,500 pups every year Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A shag sits on its chicks on a clifftop Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The archipeligo of 16-28 separate islands (depending on the tide) make the summer home to approximately 100,000 pairs of breeding seabirds including around 36,000 puffins Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A puffin Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A Puffin returns to its nest with a beak full of sand eels Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

There are 2,000 pairs of arctic terns on the islands during the summer Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A baby arctic tern receives food from a parent Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The islands make a summer home to approximately 32,000 pairs of guillemots Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

An arctic tern returns to its nest Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images