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Aren't birds brilliant!

 

Not all brilliant news

Kittiwake numbers appear to have shrunk at an important colony found on cliffs just outside Seaford.

Not only is this bad news for the Seaford kittiwakes, but is also another worrying decline in English seabird populations.

Last year around 800 pairs and their chicks left Seaford to spend the winter over the Atlantic, but less have returned. Countless things could have happened out at sea – they could have hit stormy weather, or not found enough food, or it could be something else entirely.

Despite the decline this is still a brilliant colony to watch. You'll get to hear their unusual 'kitti-waaark' call, and see countless chicks nesting on ledges so steep they take your breath away.

These gulls only make contact with land once a year when they visit the cliffs to nest, so now is the time to visit us at our viewpoint.

Published 20 June 2008 12:01 by Lucinda King

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