We have been asked to examine a juvenile gannet that couldn’t move or fly, which is not a good sign.
Examined the bird and found no evidence of breaks on the wings or legs, no punctures or wounds to the body so our best guess is that it’s exhausted and probably not feeding.
Even though it’s weak the beak on gannets is pretty long, strong and fierce so feeding it fish is a pretty difficult process!
The gannet has survived one night but it’s proving very difficult to stop it vomiting up the fish we have just fed it. I don’t hold out much hope for the bird to be honest but we will persist for a while longer.