Shortly after pic 2, a third bird arrived, plunge diving a short distance away, before attacking one of the original fighting pair from below. One of the original pair, the middle bird here, then managed to get away, whilst the newly arrived bird and the original one with the head injury then...
This island is about 1 Mile out in the sea, in the Firth of Forth. The white point are mostly Northern gannets - about 80'000 birds. It's the biggest colony in the world.
This Picture was taken Tantallon Castle out in the sea. The green area in the front is a barley field.
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