Gannets
Over half the world's northern gannets nest on UK shores, with our coastal cliffs being home to some of the most important seabird colonies in the north Atlantic. Visit a colony near you and marvel at these majestic plunge divers.
Famed for its super-fast fishing dives into the sea, the northern gannet (or gannet) is a distinctive white bird with a yellow head and black wingtips. It nests in large, noisy, smelly colonies on…