Portrait of an adult Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in sea mist on rocks on the Farne Islands in Northumberland UK

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A gentle looking, medium-sized gull with a small yellow bill and a dark eye. It has a grey back and is white underneath. Its legs are short and black. In flight the black wing-tips show no white, unlike other gulls, and look as if they have been 'dipped in ink'. The population is declining in some areas, perhaps due to a shortage of sandeels. After breeding birds move out into the Atlantic where they spend the winter.

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Size: 4992px × 3328px
Location: Farne Islands Northumberland UK
Photo credit: © Tim James/Mabel Gray / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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