The Importance of Herring Eggs as a Food Source in The Blue Planet Episode 1 Part 11

💦 Gigantic spawning of herring results in fertilized eggs on rocks and vegetation.

🐟 The timing of herring spawning is synchronized with the plankton bloom for newborn fish to have abundant food.

🦜 Millions of birds arrive to collect the eggs as a source of food.

🐟 Millions of herring eggs are washed up onto the shore, providing valuable energy for migrating birds and other animals.

🦅 Birds like Bonaparte gulls and surf scoters gather and feed on the herring eggs in large numbers.

🐻 Even bears take advantage of the abundant herring eggs, collecting them as a valuable food source.

🌊 The video explores the annual plankton bloom and its impact on the coastal ecosystem.

🐦 Migratory birds leave the coast after the plankton bloom and will return when the herring returns next year.