Kittiwakes or Black-legged kittiwakes mating and courtship behaviour, (Rissa tridactyla), Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom, British Isles
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Dominic Robinson / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3495 x 5139 px | 29.6 x 43.5 cm | 11.7 x 17.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
July 2016Location:
Farne Islands, United KingdomMore information:
The kittiwakes are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the black-legged kittiwake and the red-legged kittiwake. Also known as a Seahawk because its wing pattern is similar to that of the Hawk. The kittiwake has been added to the list of British birds facing global extinction, with plastic, pollution, climate change and overfishing blamed for catastrophic declines this century. The familiar seabirds used to nest in their millions around UK's shores but now only around 300, 000 breeding pairs remain.