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ANGELO GANDOLFI HAS WON MANY

AWARDS SINCE HE BEGAN HIS CAREER

IN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY IN 1977,

AND HAS A TRUE PASSION FOR BIRDS.

VISIT WWW.DISCOVERWILDLIFE.COM

FOR MORE OF HIS PHOTOS

ABOVE: Tens of thousands of adult and

immature gannets overwinter in the

Mediterranean Sea where they arrive

between September and November and

depart in February or March. This picture of

an adult male was taken in January 2016

near the promontory of Portofino, Liguria,

Italy. We don’t yet know where Nelson and

Roz go when they leave Baia dell’Olivo

LEFT: To the south of Porto Venere there

are important coastal feeding areas for the

gannets such as the protected marine area

Secche della Meloria. The Porto Venere

Regional Park and Cinque Terre National

Park also conserve coastline waters.

Though the Mediterranean doesn’t possess

prey as rich as that of the North Atlantic, the

few gannets that nest here in the summer

have almost no competition when they are

raising their young

NATURE