British Isles
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| Highest point | Ben Nevis |
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| Locations | Europe |
| Total islands | 6,000+ |
| Population | 71,881,243 (2018) |
| Did you know | Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles, and when combined with Northern Ireland, it makes up the United Kingdom. |
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| ID | 405865 |
About British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and over six thousand smaller isles.
Storm Ciarán eases but flood warnings remain
... Elsewhere across the British Isles, roofs were blown off homes, some train lines completely ground to a halt and there were long queues around the Port of Dover, which shut earlier amid rough seas...
Storm Ciarán: Flooding and damage hits homes across UK
...By Harrison Jones BBC NewsCommunities across the British Isles are reeling after Storm Ciarán battered homes and businesses...
Wales' Indiana Jones searching for lost mines in hills
... " Normally when you think of a Welsh mines, you think about a south Wales and coal, but in Ceredigion we have the oldest metal mines, known anywhere on the British Isles...
UK migratory birds 'in freefall' over climate change
... The number of wild birds in Britain has fallen by 73 million since 1970, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, which studies birds in the British Isles...
Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts
... That s an area of missing ice about five times the size of the British Isles...
Rare tropical red-footed booby spotted near Isles of Scilly
... The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), which studies birds in the British Isles, said the warm weather might explain its presence...
Scientists buzzing with hopes for AI bee research
...By Huw WilliamsBBC Scotland reporterThere are more than 20 species of bumblebee in the British Isles...
Scottish ceremony sees King Charles tread a thin line
... The Crown Jewels - now the oldest regalia in the British Isles - proved resilient...
Rare tropical red-footed booby spotted near Isles of Scilly
A rare species of tropical bird recorded only once before in the UK has been spotted near the Isles of Scilly.
The red-footed booby is a seabird native to the Galápagos Islands, More Than 6,000 Miles Away .
A tour boat crew saw the rare species perched on Bishop Rock Lighthouse, four miles west of Scilly.
The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), which studies birds in the British Isles , said the warm weather might explain its presence.
The First UK sighting of booby was in 2016.
Joe Pender, skipper of The Tour boat Scilly Pelagics, first saw The Bird on 7 August and said " to everyone's amazement, there it was".
He Said he returned for more trips on Monday and the seabird, related to the Gannet species, was Still There .
" I think it's a long way from home but it seems really happy Up There , " Mr Pender explained.
" There was obviously a lot of excitement from The People on board. There were a few rare seabirds they expected they might bump into, but this certainly wasn't one of them. "
The red-footed boobyThe BTO said the red-footed booby was " The Most eye-catching example of a broader phenomenon we've been seeing this summer, with seabirds associated with hotter climates reported from south-west Britain".
A spokesperson said: " We don't know exactly why this is but we do know that The World 's oceans hit the hottest temperatures ever recorded last month.
" This could be pushing birds out of their usual habitats In Search for more favourable conditions. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
