Kittiwake (Black-legged Kittiwake) Rissa tridactyla

This species breeds along most of the UK coastline but does not do so in East Anglia, except at one site in Suffolk. It has never bred successfully in Norfolk although it has attempted a few times. It is however common offshore, especially in late autumn.

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adult Kittiwakes, Farne Islands (Northumberland, UK), 13th May 2004

 

juvenile Kittiwake, Pendeen (Cornwall, UK), 9th October 2010

 

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adult Kittiwake (with Black-headed Gulls), Minsmere (Suffolk, UK), 9th May 2009

 

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adult Kittiwake (with Common Tern), Chapel Point (Lincolnshire, UK), 23rd August 2008

 

juvenile Kittiwake, Sheringham (Norfolk, UK), 16th October 2009

 

adult Kittiwake, Pendeen (Cornwall, UK), 9th October 2010

 

Kittiwakes, Sennen (Cornwall, UK), 18th October 2010