| Coastal and seabird numbers have remained stable, with big increases in guillemot numbers balancing the decline in kittiwakes. |
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| The large offshore rock behind the eastern headland is The Mouls, which is a breeding site for puffins, gannets and kittiwakes. |
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| And rather than go hungry, the birds are preying on other seabirds like puffins and kittiwakes. |
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| Gannets, fulmars and kittiwakes all constitute a hazard to a frisky live-bait, as do blue sharks. |
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| In spring and summer these become home to thousands of sea birds like guillemots, razorbills, puffins, fulmars and kittiwakes. |
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| Various kittiwakes, puffins, cormorants and gulls are common birds found here. |
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| The northwards path along a rocky coastline takes you to Dunstanburgh Castle, a romantic ruin where kittiwakes, cormorants and fulmars nest on whinstone cliffs. |
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| The UK government uses kittiwakes as an indicator of the state of the sea. |
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| The northwards path along a rocky coastline takes you to the castle, a romantic ruin where kittiwakes, cormorants and fulmars nest on whinstone cliffs. |
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| The long Norwegian coast is home to millions of seabirds, including a large number of auks and kittiwakes, which are found in the northern half of the country. |
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| Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea. |
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| In addition, peregrines have been documented preying on chicks in nests, from birds such as kittiwakes. |
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| On steep mountainsides breed large colonies of auks, puffins, skuas, and kittiwakes. |
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| This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world. |
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| Sand eels are an important food source for seabirds, including puffins and kittiwakes. |
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| Occasionally a peregrine falcon disturbs nesting kittiwakes as it swoops by the cliff edges. |
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| Year-round bird species include murres, auklets, kittiwakes, puffins, guillemots, Kittlitz's murrelet, and gulls. |
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| The coasts and surrounding islands are home to colonies of gannets, Manx shearwater, puffins, kittiwakes, shags and razorbills. |
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| Among the species most likely to be sighted at Marsden Bay will be breeding kittiwakes, fulmars, razorbills and gulls. |
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| These include kittiwakes and fulmars, both of whose populations have declined in recent years. |
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| Orkney has an abundance of wildlife, especially of grey and common seals and seabirds such as puffins, kittiwakes, tysties, ravens, and bonxies. |
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| A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. |
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| For this reason, Black-legged Kittiwakes have been proposed as a good indicator species of marine health. |
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| Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. |
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| The cliffs were buzzing with action as Razorbills, Guillemots and Kittiwakes all tended to begging young. |
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