Gannets with chicks

I was keen to get a few shots of the Gannets interacting with their chicks. The chicks are ever so close in places and great care has to be taken not to disturb them. The chicks were quite young and naked when I visited. As they get older they get a lot fluffier.

The birds are closely packed together so it is sometimes difficult to get a shot with a clean background.

Gannet with chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland Gannet with chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland

Gannet chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland

Gannet with chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland Gannet with chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland

Gannet with chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland

Gannet chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland

It took a stealthy, low approach through the dirt to get these images of a Gannet with its chick set against the blue sky.

Gannet and chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland Gannet and chickBass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland