With a colony of near 150,000 Northern Gannets on Bass Rock space is at a premium, the result, aggressiveness and squabbling which can get nasty.  As you get quite close to the Gannets on Bass Rock a peck or a stab from their large beak can be quite painful.

Fighting Northern Gannets

Fighting Northern Gannets

Fighting Northern Gannets

Fighting Northern Gannets

Fighting Northern Gannets

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