East Riding Museums

Stuffed Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla): grey and white, pale yellow bill and dark brown legs, yellow eyes. Found in many coastal areas of the British Isles, but rarely inland. The Kittiwake, which is a member of the gull family, lives on fish, molluscs, squid and shrimps. It breeds on ledges on cliff faces, forming large colonies consisting of thousands of pairs.