The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds.
Other nesting birds include sandwich tern, common tern, arctic tern, black-legged kittiwake, fulmar, three gull species, and eider duck.
Nesting birds tend to face the cliff, a habit common among exclusively cliff nesting gulls, such as the black-legged kittiwake.
Additionally, kittiwake and ptarmigan are hunted on the east coast.
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In the black-legged kittiwake (which shares this winter habit) resting metabolism is 40% higher on water than it is in air.
In common usage, gull-like seabirds that are not technically gulls (e.g. albatrosses, fulmars, kittiwakes, terns and skuas) may also be referred to as' seagulls' by the layperson.
Cliffs, islands and sea stacks are a habitat for breeding sea birds such as guillemots, kittiwakes and razor bills, as well as rock doves which can live inland as well.