Gannets (Morus bassanus) before they take off the cliff put their heads high then lift their wings and glide off the cliff, demonstrated at Bempton in Yorkshire

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Location: Bempton & Flamborough, Yorkshire
Photo credit: © Claire Haskins / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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