?Aberrant behaviour
These pics were part of a series taken at a distance from the shore at Burghead. We were watching juvenile gannets diving for fish when we saw this one touch down in the sea and attack a long tailed duck. It spent several minutes wrestling with its victim apparently trying to drown it. A second gannet swooped in taking the attacker by surprise. The duck was dropped but it was impossible to tell whether it escaped as it was never seen again.
?Aberrant behaviour
These pics were part of a series taken at a distance from the shore at Burghead. We were watching juvenile gannets diving for fish when we saw this one touch down in the sea and attack a long tailed duck. It spent several minutes wrestling with its victim apparently trying to drown it. A second gannet swooped in taking the attacker by surprise. The duck was dropped but it was impossible to tell whether it escaped as it was never seen again.