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- The main Gannet colonies in Ireland are located on Great Saltee, Co. Wexford, the Bull Rock, Co. Cork and on Little Skellig in Co. Kerry.
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The main Gannet colonies in Ireland are located on Great Saltee, Co. Wexford, the Bull Rock, Co. Cork and on Little Skellig in Co. Kerry.
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The Northern Gannet is a large, white seabird that can be found in Ireland's coastal regions, particularly in Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. They have a distinctive long bill, pointed tail, and wingspan of up to 6 feet.
In winter, Gannets were widely recorded around the entire coastlines of Britain and Ireland, with highest concentrations around the Northern Isles, off southeast Scotland, northwest and southwest England, and southwest Ireland.
The rest of the world's northern-gannet population nests in Canada, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland, with small numbers in France (they are present in the Bay of Biscay), the Channel Islands, Norway, and a single colony in Germany on Heligoland.
Where Do Gannets Live? (Including Migration Info) Gannets breed in significant numbers in a few locations, primarily in Scotland, including the Shetland Isles. They are migratory, travelling great distances across the North Atlantic. After the breeding season, many Gannets migrate south to the Bay of Biscay or further to the coasts of West Africa.
They are distinctively shaped - with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. They feed by flying high and circling before plunging into the sea.
Little Skellig is famed for its massive colony of some 35,000 pairs of Gannets, the largest breeding colony in Ireland and among the largest in the world, that make for an awe-inspiring sight from a boat.
