ABOVE: Nelson returns from
a fishing trip while Roz
guards the nest. The parents
take it in turns to incubate
the egg. According to Viola
Ross-Smith of the British Trust
for Ornithology, in general
northern gannet numbers are
growing across their breeding
range and traditional breeding
colonies on islands and coasts
are getting full. This may
explain why these birds have
found an alternative place to
raise their chickNATURE