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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A flock of Shearwaters take flight |
| Image notes: |
Diary, 5th.July: "Went to Horse of Burravoe & photographed the Shearwaters, about 40 in the flock." |
| Species in Image: |
Manx Shearwater |
| Date: |
1976 |
| Area: |
Yell |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00254 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Manx Shearwater |
| Latin Name |
Puffinus puffinus |
| Shetland Name |
Leerie |
| Latin Group Name |
Procellariiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Procellariidae |
| Common Family Name |
Fulmar, Petrels and Shearwaters |
| Description |
A scarce summer visitor and passage migrant. These shearwaters used to nest on headland such as Sumbrugh Head in the south or Lamba Ness on Unst. In recent years numbers have declined.
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