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Sula bassana

Large black and white seabird, often seen passing offshore in summer/autumn

Habitat: sea cliffs, sea

Resident, although many birds return in March/ April to breed

Large black and white bird with black wingtips and yellowish hue to head; cigar shaped in flight

Flies low over water on stiff wings, before rising with short flaps and starting another glide

Catches fish by diving steeply into the sea from a great height

Nest is a mound of seaweed on seacliff

1 brood April – June ; 1 egg white