When the clash ends, one gannet leaves; the other has a home. “The bird is faithful to the site once it occupies it,” says Stuart Murray, a gruff Scotsman who’s been surveying Britain’s ...

who helped rescue the bird, said she feared that had she not stepped in to help it would have died. Danielle Jackson, visitor ...

Stormy weather will drive these birds to more sheltered ... The Northern Gannet can be easily identified by their bright white plumage with black wing tips and a yellow head.

It is quite likely that humans learnt to dive this way from watching aquatic birds. Our Olympic diver could find no better teacher than a Cape gannet. As pelagic hunters, they’re masters of the ...

Bird Island stands as the only Gannet colony in the world that can be accessed by foot, further enhancing its allure for conservationists and nature enthusiasts alike. “The surge in Gannet ...