• Kittiwake and wind vane
    This immature kittiwake had a fascination with a ship's wind vane. Did it think it was a fish?
  • Tyne kittiwakes: What’s the RSPB doing?
    In recent weeks, a number of kittiwakes have become trapped in netting on buildings on the Newcastle Quayside, which has caused lots of concern locally. Helen Quayle , the RSPB’s Marine Conservation...
  • Spare a thought for our urban kittiwakes
    Every year thousands of seabirds return to our shores to breed on cliffs and beaches but some of them travel further inland to our towns and cities where ledges on buildings and bridges provide suitable...
  • young kittiwake on nest
    young kittiwake on nest at the cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk
  • Kittiwake;Rissa tridactyla;RSPB Titchwell Marsh Beach;30/07/14
    Another early morning visit found me striding Titchwell Marsh just after dawn, alone accept for the sanderlings patrolling the surf line and this Kittiwake. Not the most common sight on Titchwell Beach...