Portrait of an adult Kittiwake. These small gulls spend most of the year far out in the Atlantic, only returning to the UK's shores to breed on cliffs

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Portrait of an adult Kittiwake. These small gulls spend most of the year far out in the Atlantic, only returning to the UK's shores to breed on cliff ledges.

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Size: 6200px × 4133px
Location: Scarborough, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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