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Latin name: Morus bassanus
Size: Approximately 90cms. Wingspan up to 190cms.
Distribution: Found around most parts of the UK.
Months seen: All year round
Food: Fish. Mostly herring, mackerel and sand eels.
Habitat: Coastal cliffs
Special features: White plumage with black markings on wing tips and
around eyes. The back of the head has an orange-yellow blush. The beak is a
blue-grey colour, and the webbed feet are dark grey with thin blue lines along
the toes.
Gannets are the largest breeding seabirds in the UK. They nest close together on
coastal cliffs. Pairs often stay together for life.
They will often gather in large, noisy flocks over the surface of the sea before
diving for fish.
Some of the world's largest colonies of gannets can be found around the Bass
Rock on the east coast of Scotland, and on St. Kilda, west Scotland.
UK Safari Bird Section
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