GANNET(SULA BASSANA)LARGE POWERFUL OCEAN GOING SEABIRD,BIGGER THAN HERRING GULL,NESTS IN LARGE COLONIES UK ON CLIFFFACES AND CRAGGY OR FLAT TOPPED ISLANDS,SOME STAY IN BRITISH WATERS ALL YEAR MUST SOME MIGRATE AS FAR AS WEST AFRICA,70 PER CENT OF THE WORLDS POPULATION NEST IN BRITISH ISLES,STABLE AT AROUND 230,OOO PAIRS BUT DECLINE OF FISHING STOCK COULD HAVE CRITICAL EFFECT ON NUMBERS.THIS SPECIMEN MOUNTED BY B T CLARKE OF CHELTENHAM
JUVENILE GANNET(SULA BASSANA)FIRST YEAR BIRD,GAINS THE FULL PURE WHITE PLUMAGE IN THE FOURTH YEAR PRIOR TO BREEDING,YOUNGSTERS LEAVE THEIR BREEDING COLONIES IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER,HEADING FOR THE AFRICAN COAST,MANY AS FAR SOUTH AS SENEGAL ON THE WEST COAST,HAS A LIFESPAN ON AVERAGE OF 16 YEARS BUT SOME RECORDED OVER 21 YEARS.
ADULT AND JUVENILE GANNET SPECIMENS SIDE BY SIDE.
SUPERB GANNET & PINTADO/CAPE PETREL
PAIR OF GANNETS(SULA BASSANA)
GANNET(SULA BASSANA) IN SUMMER PLUMAGE
CASE OF SEABIRDS,PRIOR TO RENOVATION
CASED SULA BASSANA/ATLANTIC GANNET
JUVENILE GANNET SULA BASSANA IN CLOSE UP
SUPERB CORMORANT
PAIR OF CORMORANTS
CORMORANT BY MOUNTNEY OF CARDIFF
SPICER CORMORANT AND RAZORBILL
SHAG IN CASE OF WADERS
EUROPEAN STORM AND WILSONS STORM PETREL
CASE OF SEABIRDS PUFFIN,CORMORANT,LITTLE AUK,RAZORBILL AND HERRING GULL,TYPICAL VICTORIAL SEA CASE FROM YORKSHIRE
HUTCHINS CORMORANT
CASPIAN TERN(STERNA CASPIA) AND WINTER KITTIWAKE
CASE OF SEABIRDS INCLUDING ARTIC SKUA,HERRING GULL,COMMON GULL,BLACK HEADED GULLS & KITTIWAKES
HERRING GULL JUVENILE
KITTIWAKE
FULMAR RAPIDLY EXPANDING IN NUMBERS SINCE 1970S
FULMAR(FULMARUS GLACIALIS)TUBENOSE PETREL
PUFFIN IN SUMMER PLUMAGE
PUFFIN(FRATERCULA ARTICA)
NORTH ATLANTIC PUFFIN,SUMMER PLUMAGE IN DOME
RAZORBILL FROM VICTORIAN CASE
CASED BLACK GUILLEMOTT
BLACK GUILLEMOTT(CEPPHUS GRYLLE)AROUND 18,000 BLACK GUILLEMOTTS NEST IN BRITAIN IN SMALL LOOSE COLONIES MOSTLY FROM NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND,WESTWARD ALONG ITS NORTHERN COAST DOWN TO ARGYLL AND OFFSHORE ISLANDS AS WELL AS ALL ROUND THE RUGGED CLIFFS OF IRELAND
SHAG
JUVENILE BLACK TERN(CHLIDONIAS NIGER)COASTAL MARSH NESTER IN EUROPE,REGULAR PASSAGE MIGRANT IN UNITED KINGDOM
CASE OF FIVE BRITISH GULL FAMILY IN WINTER PLUMAGE TWO KITTIWAKES,BLACK HEADED GULL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL,& JUVENILE HERRING GULL
CASE OF COASTAL BIRDS INCLUDING SULA BASSANA/NORTH ATLANTIC GANNET
CAPE OR PINTADO PETREL,JUST A VERY FEW OF THESE MIGRATORY VISITORS ARE SEEN IN THE BRITISH ISLES,
STORM PETREL(HYDROBATES PELOGICUS)& WILSONS STORM PETREL(OCEANITES OCEANICUS)
MANX SHEARWATER
MANX SHEARWATER
LITTLE AUK
NORTH ATLANTIC PUFFIN(FRATERCULA ARTICA)BREEDS ON OFFSHORE ISLANDS OR GRASSY HEADLANDS,SOMETIMES IN RABBIT BURROWS,THIS IS AN ADULT WITH BRIGHTLY COLOURED SUMMER BEAK COLOURING,YOUNGSTERS MORE DUSKY AS ARE ADULTS IN WINTER
RAZORBILL(ALCA TORDA)AUK FAMILY,ONLY COMING ASHORE TO BREED ON CLIFF FACE AND ROCKY ISLAND COLONIES,WINTERING IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC,LIKE ALL AUKS,THIS SPECIES IS BADLY AFFECTED BY MARINE POLLUTION,OIL SPILLS AND SEABORN LITTER,AS WELL AS BEING RELIANT ON A FLUCTUATING FOOD SOURCE,INDICATIONS OF DECLINING NUMBERS IN BRITAIN.
THE GUILLEMOTT (URIA AALGE)RESIDENT BREEDING BIRD OVER 730 THOUSAND PAIRS BREED IN BRITISH ISLES ON ROCKY,HIGH AND MOSTLY INACCESIBLE CLIFF FACES,FORMERLEY PERSECUTED FOR FOOD,BIRDS AND EGGS,AND SUSPECT TO OIL POLLUTION,DEPLETING FISHING STOCKS AND FISHING NETS,WITH RESEARCH SHOWING FEWER YOUNG BIRDS ARE NOT RETURNING TO NESTING COLONIES,INDICATION A SHORTAGE OF FISH STOCK IN WINTER.
PUFFIN,LITTLE AUK & RAZORBILL
RAZORBILL(ALCA TORDA)AND LITTLE AUK OR AUKLET(ALLE ALLE)
RAZORBILLS(TORCA ALDA)
SMALL SEABIRD SECTION OF DISPLAY,RAZORBILL,LITTLE AUK,GUILLEMOTT,PUFFIN.WITH MANX SHEARWATER AND PINTADO PETREL ABOVE
CORMORANT(PHALACROCORAX CARBO)LARGE POWERFUL FLYING SEABIRD,INCREASING IN NUMBERS,SPEADING FROM ROCKY COAST LINE TO INLAND GRAVEL PITS AND FISHERIES,THE SUBJECT OF A SERIOUS CULLING DEBATE,DUE ITS VORACIOUS APPETITE FOR FOOD TAKEN FROM INLAND FRESHWATER FISHERIES,ALSO IN CASE GUILLEMOTT(URIA AALGE)
LARGE ADULT CORMORANT IN CASE
GANNET,PUFFIN AND MANX SHEARWATER,BIRDS OF OFFSHORE ROCKY ISLANDS
ARTIC SKUA(STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS)
CLOSE UP OF ARTIC SKUA IN SUMMER PLUMAGE
ARTIC SKUA(STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS),CURLEW SANDPIPER,,ARTIC TERN(STERNA PARADISAEA)CASE OF VICTORIAN SEABIRDS BY ALLEN OF YORK
ARTIC SKUA(STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS)
ARTIC SKUA JUVENILE FORMERLY FROM ANDY HENRY COLLECTION
ARTIC SKUA TERN AND SANDPIPER
CASPIAN TERN AND KITTIWAKE
CORMORANT JUVENILE AND SCENERY ARTWORK BY PETER SPICER OF LEAMINGTON SPA WINTER PLUMAGE RAZORBILL(ALCA TORDA)HAS BEEN PUT IN AT LATER DATE,TWO BIRDS OF ROCKY CLIFF FACES NESTING COLONIES,LOVELY CASE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN WITH SUPER OIL PAINTING OF SHAGS,GANNETS AND GULLS TO REAR.
CASE WITH ARTIC SKUA(STERCORARARIUS PARASITICUS)WITH ARTIC TERN AND SANDPIPER
RAZORBILL(ALCA TORDA)IN SOLO BOX,
BLACK GUILLEMOTTS(CEPPHUS GRYLLE) JUVENILE AND WINTER PLUMAGE ADULT
LITTLE AUK IN WINTER PLUMAGE
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL(LARUS MARINUS)BRITAINS LARGEST GULL
COMMON GUILLEMOTT
BLACK GUILLEMOTT OR TYSTIE IN VICTORIAN DOME
KITTIWAKE IN CASE OFBIRDS OF ROCKY COASTS 1879
KITTIWAKE(RISSA TRIDACTYLA)POSSIBLY OUR MOST THREATENED GULL RELATED SPECIES,POLLUTION AND LOSS OF FOOD IN OCEANS CAUSING DRAMATIC DROP IN NUMBERS
HUGE CASE OF WADERS DEPICTING BIRDS OF THE NORTH NORFOLK COAST,LAGOONS AND RSPB RESERVES,HAVE SEEN ALL THESE BIRDS AT TITCHWELL,SNETTISHAM,CLEY & BLAKENEY
FEMALE LONG-TAILED DUCK ONE OF OUR WINTER VISITING SEA DUCKS
LESSER SCAUP
MALE SMEW
COMMON SCOTER WINTER VISITING SEA DUCK
SHELDUCKS BY GERRARD
ARTIC TERN
BLACK TERN
JUVENILE ARTIC TERN
JUVENILE/WINTER BLACK TERN
HERRING GULL
A SUPERB SEA WATCHING SPOT,ON THE BEACH AT TITCHWELL RSPB BIRD RESERVE IN NORTH NORFOLK,FROM HERE IVE SEEN COMMON SCOTER,GREAT SKUA,SMEW,GREBES,DIVERS,GULLS,
CORMORANT BY HUTCHINS
LARGE CORMORANT NEST SCENE
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