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Young Lovers!
Two Gannets on the Bass Rock just about to knock beaks which is a mating ritual. These birds pair up for life and return to the same 300mm x 300mm territory each year to build a nest, mate and raise young. Despite the hight numbers of gannets on the Bass Rock the mortality rate of yearling gannets is high at 60% when they head off out to sea for the winter on their own... its just the harsh environment that gets them!
Young Lovers!
Two Gannets on the Bass Rock just about to knock beaks which is a mating ritual. These birds pair up for life and return to the same 300mm x 300mm territory each year to build a nest, mate and raise young. Despite the hight numbers of gannets on the Bass Rock the mortality rate of yearling gannets is high at 60% when they head off out to sea for the winter on their own... its just the harsh environment that gets them!