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    Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft). Photographer Andrew Parkinson spent more than 3 months living on the UK’s most Northerly point, in order to capture the story of this beautiful bird. “Every day I would abseil down 90m cliffs before undertaking a treacherous traverse along the base of those cliffs to a tidal boulder field. Once across that I then had a short scramble up to a fantastic gannet colony, its isolation and inaccessibility meant that no photographer had ever worked there before.”

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    Andrew Parkinson / Pair of Gannets (Morus bassanus) collide in mid-air, the sprig of seaweed that the gannet (right) was carrying is sent flying through the air. June.~Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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    Andrew Parkinson / Pair of Gannets (Morus bassanus) collide in mid-air, the sprig of seaweed that the gannet (right) was carrying is sent flying through the air. June.~Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) flying low over water, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) flying low over water, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) backlit by the morning sun, taking off. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) backlit by the morning sun, taking off. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, backlit by the morning sun landing, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. August.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, backlit by the morning sun landing, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. August.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) diving, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) diving, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) diving in evening sunlight. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) diving in evening sunlight. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult flying low over part of the gannetry, blurred movement, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult flying low over part of the gannetry, blurred movement, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult turning in the air as it begins to plunge dive. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult turning in the air as it begins to plunge dive. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult plunge diving as a fulmar passes in the background. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult plunge diving as a fulmar passes in the background. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) portrait, backlit by evening light. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) portrait, backlit by evening light. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) amongst coastal flowers. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) amongst coastal flowers. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony on cliffs during storm, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, November
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony on cliffs during storm, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, November
    Andrew Parkinson / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight in Force 8 gales above raging seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight in Force 8 gales above raging seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult in flight through a natural arch. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult in flight through a natural arch. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) in the middle of a neighbourly dispute. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK~August.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) in the middle of a neighbourly dispute. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK~August.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult is met with neighbourly hostility as it lands with some fishing net. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult is met with neighbourly hostility as it lands with some fishing net. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair during part of their elaborate courtship ritual. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair during part of their elaborate courtship ritual. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) pair preening. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) pair preening. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) pair preening one another as part of their elaborate courtship ritual. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) pair preening one another as part of their elaborate courtship ritual. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult stretching its wings. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult stretching its wings. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair sit together on rock. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair sit together on rock. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) breeding pair squabble after mating. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) breeding pair squabble after mating. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony on cliffs. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony on cliffs. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, cliff top view showing the trails that gannets leave during a 2 second exposure. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, cliff top view showing the trails that gannets leave during a 2 second exposure. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair during part of their elaborate courtship ritual. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair during part of their elaborate courtship ritual. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, cliff top view showing the trails that gannets leave during a 2 second exposure. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, cliff top view showing the trails that gannets leave during a 2 second exposure. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September
    Andrew Parkinson / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight in Force 8 gales above raging seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight in Force 8 gales above raging seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight in Force 8 gales above raging seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight in Force 8 gales above raging seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) young chick (right) confronting a fully fledged neighbour. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) young chick (right) confronting a fully fledged neighbour. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) taking off in rain shower. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) taking off in rain shower. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.
    Andrew Parkinson / Storm clouds gather ominously behind Hermaness Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Storm clouds gather ominously behind Hermaness Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
    Andrew Parkinson / Rainbow and storm clouds over Bass Rock in the distance, which is the breeding ground for 140,000 gannets, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, May
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    Andrew Parkinson / Rainbow and storm clouds over Bass Rock in the distance, which is the breeding ground for 140,000 gannets, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, May
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult flying in strong updraft near the top of some cliffs. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult flying in strong updraft near the top of some cliffs. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) with a beak full of nesting material that it has taken from a nearby nest. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) with a beak full of nesting material that it has taken from a nearby nest. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) two breeding pairs 'arguing' on a coastal nest site. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) two breeding pairs 'arguing' on a coastal nest site. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair sit together on rock. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair sit together on rock. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Storm clouds over Bass Rock in the distance, which is the breeding ground for 140,000 gannets, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, May
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    Andrew Parkinson / Storm clouds over Bass Rock in the distance, which is the breeding ground for 140,000 gannets, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, May
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) growing chick stretches its wings a small peice of fluff is dislodged from its head. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) growing chick stretches its wings a small peice of fluff is dislodged from its head. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
    Andrew Parkinson / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight in Force 8 gales above raging seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight in Force 8 gales above raging seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) in flight is silhouetted against the setting sun. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) in flight is silhouetted against the setting sun. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) chick taps the tip of its parent's bill to try stimulate the adult into regurgitating some food. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) chick taps the tip of its parent's bill to try stimulate the adult into regurgitating some food. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) returning to its colony with some nesting material. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) returning to its colony with some nesting material. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) using its wings to brake an adult returns to its breeding colony. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, UK.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) using its wings to brake an adult returns to its breeding colony. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, UK.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) profile of a pair of growing chicks. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) profile of a pair of growing chicks. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, backlit by the morning sun landing, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. August.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, backlit by the morning sun landing, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. August.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult regurgitates food for its growing chick. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult regurgitates food for its growing chick. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) fluffy young chick with mouth open. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) fluffy young chick with mouth open. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) portrait of a growing chick with a fluffy head, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
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    Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) portrait of a growing chick with a fluffy head, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.
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