A guillemot chick's heart-stopping leap from 400 feet | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

It's time to jump. Adults call, luring their chicks towards the edge. Once one jumps, they'll all go for it. The young chicks, known as jumplings, move towards the edge for the first time. With tiny, unformed wings, they have little control over their death-defying jump. The whole colony is on the move. With chicks diving from every ledge. While the sea below fills with reunited families. But one chick is smaller than the others and is reluctant to leave the ledge. Being the last left on the cliffs, it's in real danger. Evening is approaching and predators are arriving. Its parent returns. Desperately calling, encouraging it down. But its jump is not far enough. And now there's a new problem. It's wandered into razor bill territory. They'll attack intruders on their ledge. The parent calls it out. Ledge by ledge, they descend together. A razor bill makes a final attack. Unable to steer, it's heading straight for the rocks. But guillemot chicks have dense downy feathers. And incredibly, it's unharmed by the fall. And finds its father.