Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, fka Sula bassana), on Ailsa Craig, a granite islet in the Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

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Ailsa Craig, nine miles off the Ayrshire mainland in south-west Scotland is famous for its granite, which is very much in demand for curling stones. It is also, since a successful rat eradication programme in the 1990s, a popular sea-bird colony, particularly for Northern Gannets.

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Location: Ailsa Craig, Irish Sea, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, Europe
Photo credit: © Elizabeth Leyden / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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