Kitiwakes sleep whilst on their nests incubating eggs. The old pier at Lowestoft has been a nest colony for years but modernisation will displace them

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Kitiwakes sleep whilst on their nests incubating eggs. The old pier at Lowestoft has been a nest colony for years but modernisation will displace these threatened seabirds.

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Size: 5500px × 3710px
Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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