His neighbors, fearing for a nearby gannet colony, took him to Environment Court.
Gannet was without her newborn calf, and observers fear the calf is dead.
Ailsa Craig is also home to one of the largest gannet colonies in the world, with about 36, 000 breeding pairs.
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The Gannet oil field reportedly produced about 13, 500 barrels of oil per day between January and April of this year.
The fish are also known to be food to seabirds, including common tern and gannet which have been seen from the bridge.
He was recovered more than three hours later by Royal Navy divers who flew to the scene by helicopter from HMS Gannet at Prestwick.
In another David versus Goliath struggle in Norfolk, Virginia, a federal jury concluded Google (GOOG), as well as AOL, Target (TGT), Gannet Co.
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Shell has been dealing with the release of what has been estimated as more than 200 tonnes from a leak near the Gannet Alpha, discovered last week.
On a recent flyover, Taylor and fellow observer Zach Swaim photographed a new mother, No. 2660, who's named Gannet because she has a bird-like pattern on her head.
Gannet birds are locked in a fight for life with money manager Julian Robertson, who won government approval to build a luxury resort and golf course on Cape Kidnappers.
Off South-West Africa, the discovery in 1843 of the tiny island of Ichaboe, covered in 25 feet of penguin and gannet excrement, led to a guano rush followed by a mutiny and battles.
Second only to USA Today publisher Gannet (nyse: GCI - news - people ) in size, it has 32 papers that have a readership of 8.5 million and its stable includes gems like the Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Detroit Free Press.
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