Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Length 38-40cm
Wingspan 95-110cm
Weight 300-500g
A gentle looking, medium-sized gull with a small yellow bill and a dark eye. It has a grey back and is white underneath. Its legs are short and black. In flight the black wing-tips show no white, unlike other gulls, and look as if they have been 'dipped in ink'.
This one is perched on the cliff side some three hundred feet above the sea
The population is declining in some areas, perhaps due to a shortage of sand eels. After breeding birds move out into the Atlantic where they spend the winter.
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Length 38-40cm
Wingspan 95-110cm
Weight 300-500g
A gentle looking, medium-sized gull with a small yellow bill and a dark eye. It has a grey back and is white underneath. Its legs are short and black. In flight the black wing-tips show no white, unlike other gulls, and look as if they have been 'dipped in ink'.
This one is perched on the cliff side some three hundred feet above the sea
The population is declining in some areas, perhaps due to a shortage of sand eels. After breeding birds move out into the Atlantic where they spend the winter.