Bait Ball Feast

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In late summer, the plankton bloom is at its height. Vast shoals of herring gather to feed on it, diving birds round the fish up into a bait ball.

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Awesome footage Grrl. Sir David Attenborough at his magnificent best and a great advert for the BBC.

Would you like some bird with that fiih?