Gannet

Name: Gannet

Scientific name: Morus bassanus

Category: Birds

Nature Stars: 60

What are nature stars?

About: One of our largest seabirds, with a wingspan of almost 2 metres. Nests in large colonies at a handful of places, mostly Scottish islands but also single sites in Wales, north east England and small numbers in the Channel Islands.Feeds on fish, which it ca

How to identify: Easily identified: a big white bird with black wing tips and a yellowish head.

Where: Nests on coastal cliffs around the north of Britain. Can be seen around most of our coasts during migration.

Natural Superpowers

• Predator: 70
• Agility: 60
• Rarity: 40
• Cute factor: 30
• Traveller: 90

Fantastic fact: 70% of the world's Gannet population, more than 200,000 pairs, nests around the coasts of Great Britain.

Photograph credit: Karl Franz