Graceful, powerful and impossible to miss—the northern gannet is the largest seabird on the waters of the North Atlantic. It spends most of its time gliding over open seas and returning to land only to breed. These seabirds, known for their vast and noisy breeding colonies, called gannetries, nest on steep cliffs, remote rocky islands and sea stacks that rise from the ocean.
Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Earth Day
-
Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
-
A very public display of affection
-
The ‘potato chip bird’
-
International Day of Yoga
-
Hoodoos, Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
-
There’s more to Pisa than leaning towers
-
Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
-
The citadel in Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France
-
Maya site of Copán
-
Bran Castle in Bran, Brașov, Romania
-
A dramatic celebration of peace
-
The epitome of luxury
-
A bridge that holds up history
-
Humayuns Tomb, Delhi
-
Blueberries growing in the wild
-
A life-sized snow globe
-
World Theatre Day
-
A modern recreation
-
International Tiger Day
-
Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
-
Prayer flags in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
-
Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
-
Hot enough to howl
-
Creating a better world
-
Blue walls of Chefchaouen, Morocco
-
Fit for a fairytale
-
Orchha Fort complex, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
-
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
-
Celebrating Guru Nanak Gurpurab
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

