RM2CPC509–. The structure and life of birds . ng sociability, you should go to someout-of-the-way cliff or island where seabirds nest—pay a visit to a colony of Puffins, most naive, mostcomic of birds, sitting at the thresholds of theircrowded nestholes—see the Guillemots lining longledges that are perilously narrow for their eggs—seethe Razorbills, the Oystercatchers, the flocks of Kitti-wakes and all the other winged things of loveliness.But, perhaps, nothing of the kind that Great Britaincan show can equal the scene on some island in thePacific, where acres of land are clothed with graveAlbatrosses t
RM2P373Y2–Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) adult, in flight, inspecting nestholes in artificial nesting bank at edge of flooded former gravel pit, Attenborough
RMMFGXMX–LITTLE OWL Athene noctua in flight from nest in Yew
RMJ44XK6–river lampreys on a spawning site in the Netherlands, the males make nestholes between the rocks were the females can lay their eggs.
RME29000–Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) two adults, at nestholes in artificial nesting bank, Leicestershire, England, April
RM2CPDGFF–. The structure and life of birds . ng sociability, you should go to someout-of-the-way cliff or island where seabirds nest—pay a visit to a colony of Puffins, most naive, mostcomic of birds, sitting at the thresholds of theircrowded nestholes—see the Guillemots lining longledges that are perilously narrow for their eggs—seethe Razorbills, the Oystercatchers, the flocks of Kitti-wakes and all the other winged things of loveliness.But, perhaps, nothing of the kind that Great Britaincan show can equal the scene on some island in thePacific, where acres of land are clothed with graveAlbatrosses t
RMMFH5FJ–JACKDAW near nesthole England
RMJ44XKE–river lampreys on a spawning site in the Netherlands, the males make nestholes between the rocks were the females can lay their eggs.