I don't know what the English for this is, but I do know that the gannet, Sula bassana, fouls its nest. One of the most spectacular sights in the Firth of Forth is the gannet colony on the Bass Rock painting the island white every nesting season. Let us imitate this fine bird.

When I was small, I thought gannets were as common as herring gulls or blackbirds everywhere.

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