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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Gyrfalcon flying around the cliffs |
| Image notes: |
This falcon landed on a trawler in Febuary and was released at Braewick on 2nd March. |
| Species in Image: |
Gyrfalcon |
| Date: |
1973 |
| Area: |
Mainland |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00666 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Gyrfalcon |
| Latin Name |
Falco rusticolus |
| Latin Group Name |
Falconiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Falconidae |
| Common Family Name |
Falcons |
| Description |
A rare migrant from the Artic. There have been 25 sightings in Shetland since 1970.
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