Tretåig mås - Rissa tridactyla - Black-legged Kittiwake

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Tretåig mås - Rissa tridactyla - Black-legged Kittiwake

© NF Photo 120626 Staple Island, Scotland 

A very nice member of the gull family. It looks rather dangerous having the nest on cliffs like that. But they manage. Love the last shot with the preening chick and sleeping parent. Images from my visit to the island last summer.

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Tretåig mås - Rissa tridactyla - Black-legged Kittiwake

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Tretåig mås - Rissa tridactyla - Black-legged Kittiwake

NF Photo 120626, Staple Island, Scotland

How they could nest that way I have no idéa. I wonder how they do to secure the nest to the side of the cliff?
The comment from Ramlbing woods explain how. Thank you.

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