Find the draughtiest sort of rocky islets, just off the Northumbrian Coast - and there you'll meet the great Guillemot family." Moving shot from a boat of a rocky coastline. "Incidentally, it was off these islets that the immortal Grace Darling braved the peril of the storm."...
Find the draughtiest sort of rocky islets, just off the Northumbrian Coast - and there you'll meet the great Guillemot family." Moving shot from a boat of a rocky coastline. "Incidentally, it was off these islets that the immortal Grace Darling braved the peril of the storm." Panning shot of birds perched atop rocky outcrops.
M/S of birds huddled together on the top of rocks. Camera pans across them. Various shots of birds perched on cliff face and ledges. Gulls on their nests, C/U showing nests with eggs in them. "No one touches the birds, and the rocks are a Paradise for the ornithologist - every ledge and crevice having its resident." C/U of person handling some eggs, putting them back into a nest. L/Ss of birds perched on rocks.
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