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Gannet

A gannet, photographed at Troup Head RSPB Reserve in Aberdeenshire.

Gannet on cliff edge in the mist at Bempton

This painting shows a smartly dressed gannet gentleman with a plate of pilchards before him. The original was painted in acrylic on cotton.

Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand At this time of year (early November) some birds are sitting on eggs, but most haven't yet laid; there is mating activity and the males are carrying in nesting material (mostly seaweed) which gets cemented with the droppings into the nest structure. 8E1311.0462 Nikon D800E | Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 VRII + TC-20E III @ 400mm f/11 1/800s ISO400 | Raw Featured in Love these Creatures (6 May 2016) Featured in Tuesday Afternoon (8 May 2016) Featured in The Best of Anything & Everything (2 August 2016) Top 10 in Everyday Life "Birds" (7 September 2014) Top 10 in The Best of Anything & Everything "Gathering of birds" (1 August 2016) [425views 28/4/2016]

An illustration of a Australasian gannet or Tākapu. These coastal birds are found in New Zealand, Australia and on the coast of Tasmania.

gannet flying over colony trying to find it's nesting place at Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, NZ

Famed for its super-fast fishing dives into the sea and its nesting on the cliffs at Bempton in Yorkshire.

The gannet, a sea bird, from my galaxy sea life collection.

Single gannet on a cliff at Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire, England

Gannet and fish

Another great colour photo featuring a small insight into a sailors life and the nose of a fairey gannet on board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Hermes in the 1960s. This is one of many photo's that were taken by my father whilst he served on HMS Hermes in the 1960s.

Gannet drawn using Polychromos pencils.

Gannets on Norfolk Island

A profile of a gannet

A gannet flypast. Photographed at Troup Head, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Nesting gannets at the RSPB Reserve at Troup Head, Aberdeenshire. Troup Head is Scotland's only mainland gannet colony.

Northern Gannet

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A mixture of adult and juvenile gannets preening on a nesting ledge at Troup Head RSPB Reserve, Aberdeenshire.

Gannets, or solan geese, nesting on the island of Noss, Shetland.

A pair of gannets at Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire, England

A gannet launches itself off the nesting ledge. Photographed at the RSPB reserve at Troup Head, Aberdeenshire.

A pair of nesting gannets, or solan geese, asleep at their nest on the cliffs of Noss, Shetland.

Looking straight down the cliff at nesting gannets (solan geese), Noss, Shetland.

A gaggle of chatty gannets - colourful contemporary seabird art. Created digitally from pen/marker drawings and ink-painted background.

A juvenile gannet (or solan goose) has a good wing stretch on the nesting ledges, Noss, Shetland.

A pair of a gannets at Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire

A pair of gannets at Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire, England

Show your love of this amazing North Atlantic diving seabird!

The prototype first flew in September 1949, and after successful testing the RN ordered the Gannet AS-1 as a new anti-submarine aircraft and the aircraft entered RN service in 1954.

Northern Gannet

Feeding an Australasian Gannet chick (Morus serrator or Sula bassana_, also Australian Gannet, Tākapu) Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand Bird counts are undertaken at this naturally established colony. For the purpose of counting the area has been overlaid by a grid of hoses and a portion of such a hose is visible in this shot !http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.289821433.2062/fp,550x550,mocha,offwhite,box20,l,ffffff.u5.jpg! 3H1104.7847 Nikon D300 | Sigma 120-400OS Featured in Closeups in Nature (26 April 2011) Featured in It's in the detail (30 April 2011) Featured in The Birds (30 April 2011) Featured in High Quality Images (5 May 2011) Featured in Furry Friend's Features (11 June 2012) Featured in Closeups in Nature (16 October 2013) Featu...

A northern gannet takes off from the sand dunes on Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA.

Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator or _ Takapu_) Cape Kidnapper's Gannet Colony, New Zealand 3H1104.6959 Nikon D300 | Sigma 120-400OS @ 220mm f/9 1/400s ISO200 | Raw Featured in This, That, and the Other Thing (15 April 2011) Featured in The Birds (20 April 2011) Featured in Birds of New Zealand (16 August 2013)[506views 4/8/13]

A pair of preening Australasian Gannets (Morus serrator or Sula bassana, also Australian Gannet, Tākapu) Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand 3H1104.7943 Nikon D300 | Sigma 120-400OS @ 400mm f/5.6 1/500s ISO200 | Raw Featured in Extreme Close-Ups (28 April 2011) Featured in Artists Universe (4 June 2011) Featured in Around the World (8 June 2011) Featured in Islands of the World (25 August 2011) Featured in The Best of Redbubble (27 July 2012) Featured in Your Country's Best (27 July 2012) Featured in The Great Outdoors (6 August 2012) Featured in Love these Creatures (29 March 2013) Featured in Birds of New Zealand (26 April 2013) Featured in Featured For A Challenge (31 July 2015) Featured in Haka...Land of the Long White Cloud.. (16 July 20...