Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
Canon 400mm f6.3 for 1/800th @ iso100
The Herring Gulls are "feasting" - the eggs of the Razorbills, Guillemots, Fulmar and other cliff nesting birds have hatched the parent birds are backwards and forwards on trips out to sea to get food for their growing offspring.
There is no subtlety about the Gulls approach and no chance for escape for the chicks once in the clutches of the Gulls still flightless the chicks are easy pickings.
Here is another photograph of a chick that met a similar but slightly more grisly end.
The Herring Gulls are "feasting" - the eggs of the Razorbills, Guillemots, Fulmar and other cliff nesting birds have hatched the parent birds are backwards and forwards on trips out to sea to get food for their growing offspring.
There is no subtlety about the Gulls approach and no chance for escape for the chicks once in the clutches of the Gulls still flightless the chicks are easy pickings.
Here is another photograph of a chick that met a similar but slightly more grisly end.