Orkney Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Date: 23 July 2017.



















[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

Distribution and sightings of the gannet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

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