kittiwake

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• The grassy slopes were grazed by apparently fearless and footsure sheep, and in parts the sheer cliffs were occupied by seabirds - fulmars, kittiwakes and auks.
• Declines in seabird populations (kittiwakes, boobies, cormorants, pelicans) have also been blamed on depletion of the fish stocks that they feed on.
• And rather than go hungry, the birds are preying on other seabirds like puffins and kittiwakes.
• Many species - including gannets, puffins, guillemots, and kittiwakes - nest on cuffs over 900 feet high.
• The sea sighs at the feet of the cliffs where fulmars and kittiwakes are sitting hopefully on nests precariously wedged into the narrowest of crevices. Times, Sunday Times
• A pelagic gull, this kittiwake spends most of the year at sea.
• Various kittiwakes, puffins, cormorants and gulls are common birds found here.
• It's been estimated that a million birds nest here, including puffins, razorbills, common and Brünnich's guillemots, fulmars and kittiwakes.
• Coastal and seabird numbers have remained stable, with big increases in guillemot numbers balancing the decline in kittiwakes.
• Bempton is the largest seabird colony in England and is home to a breathtaking array of gannets, guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes, fulmars - and puffins.