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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rozinante" data-source="post: 929343" data-attributes="member: 40511">Thanks for a very pleasant reminder of a favourite place Roy.  (and I do know which coast you were on this time <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Very interesting to see those obviously paired up Gannets.  I didn't noticed them last time I was there.A particular favourite of mine are the kittiwakes, the gentle gulls.  We have had the mixed blessing of watching a stoat take a chick from that colony.  Its journey back across the cliff with its heavy burden was an epic journey in itself.  As times it stashed the prey in a cranny while it reconnoitred the steeper parts of the path ahead before going back for it and continuing on its way home.  I have seen the stoat there on two consecutive years so it's worth looking out for.</blockquote>