Common Guillemots Nesting, Látrabjarg, Iceland

Dozens of common guillemots (Uria aalge) crowd together to nest on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge.

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Dozens of common guillemots (Uria aalge) crowd together to nest on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge.