Life for a Northern Gannet cannot be easy as these shots suggest, with over 100,000 migrating to Bass Rock annually, space on the rock is limited.  As you can see tempers do flare and on occasion its the survival of the fittest.  The stabbing and biting with their beaks looks to be rather painful.

Northern Gannets

Northern Gannets

Northern Gannets

Northern Gannets

Northern Gannets

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