Love blossoms on cliffs
About 8,000 pairs of gannets return every year to the RSPB nature reserve, between Bridlington and , often decorating their homes with grass, flowers, and even bits of rope and rubbish, and this pair of lovebirds were caught in a tender embrace by wildlife photographer Steve Race, with one sporting a necklace of red campion.
“We watched one of these birds bring in the red campion and pass it on to its would-be mate, which looks for all the world to be wearing it as a jewel-like necklace,” said site manager Ian Kendall. “If the pair return next year, settle down together and have a family, we’ll find out whether their adolescent romancing has paid off.”