A Gannet nests on Bempton Cliffs on July 9, 2019 near Bridlington, England. Thousands of seabirds, including gannets, migrate in from warmer climates to nest on the chalk cliffs at Bempton in North Yorkshire, where they will spend the summer breeding and rearing their young. Over 20,000 Gannets - that pair for life and can live for over 20 years - make up the quarter of a million seabirds that return to nest each summer on these 100 meter high chalk cliffs. The Gannets that nest on the Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve make up what is the biggest breeding colony on the UK mainland.

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Location: RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Cliff Lane, Bempton, Bridlington, UK
Photo credit: © Luke Dray / Alamy / Afripics
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