Rissa tridactyla · Icelandic: Rita
A small, dainty gull that spends its winters entirely out at sea.
Habitat: Sheer sea cliffs | Season: Mar–Aug (winters far out at sea)
Builds neat mud-and-seaweed nests on tiny cliff ledges. Its name comes from its shrill "kittee-wake" call.
Unlike most gulls, kittiwakes almost never come inland — they spend the winter entirely out on the open Atlantic.
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