Coquet Island, England
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Coquet Island
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 Coquet Island, England
 Coquet Island, England shown within Northumberland |
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| OS grid reference | NU293046 |
| Coordinates | 55°20′06″N 1°32′20″W / 55.335°N 1.539°WCoordinates: 55°20′06″N 1°32′20″W / 55.335°N 1.539°W |
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The lighthouse
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| Location | Coquet Island Northumberland England |
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| Coordinates | 55°20′2″N 1°32′23.2″W / 55.33389°N 1.539778°W |
| Year first constructed | 1841 |
| Automated | 1990 |
| Construction | sandstone tower |
| Tower shape | square prism tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | unpainted lower tower, white upper tower and lantern |
| Height | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Focal height | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Current lens | 1st order catadioptric fixed lens |
| Light source | solar power |
| Intensity | white: 155,000 candela red: 21,830 candela |
| Range | white: 19 nmi (35 km) red: 15 nmi (28 km) |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) WR 20s. |
| Fog signal | one 3 second blast every 30s. |
| Admiralty number | A2780 |
| NGA number | 2228 |
| ARLHS number | ENG 025 |
| Managing agent | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Coquet Island Preserve) |
Coquet Island /ˈkoʊkət/ is a small island of about 6 hectares (15 acres), situated 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) off Amble on the Northumberland coast, northeast England.
The island is owned by the Duke of Northumberland. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds manage the island as a bird reserve, for its important seabird colonies.
The most numerous species is the puffin, with over 18,000 pairs nesting in 2002, but the island is most important for the largest colony of the endangered roseate tern in Britain, which, thanks to conservation measures including the provision of nestboxes to protect the nests from gulls and bad weather, has risen to 92 pairs in 2005. Other nesting birds include sandwich tern, common tern, Arctic tern, black-legged kittiwake, fulmar, three gull species, and eider duck.
The island is uninhabited in winter, but seasonal wardens are present throughout the summer to protect the nesting birds. Landing on Coquet Island for the general public is prohibited, but local boating companies from Amble sail close up to the island in good weather throughout the summer, allowing visitors to get good views of the puffins and roseate terns.
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