In 1959, 45,000 pairs of gannets were counted on the island and the two stacks.
It is a migratory bird sanctuary for the northern gannet, and has over 110,000 nesting birds, the second largest in the world.
As they reach offshore islands, we should recognise the impact that this alien introduction will have on the population of sea birds, including gannets and puffins.
When a net breaks it lingers in the sea still trapping everything in the sea as well as birds such as gannets and other diving birds.
On the lower deck "gannet" has always meant someone greedy and noisome who ate up someone else's food the whole time and had no graces at all.
There were very few gannets affected.
Gannets and sea-diving birds have no chance of seeing them because of their invisibility under water.
Is it not a fact that gannets are quite common, and are increasing?
