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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Common Gull on the nest |
| Image notes: |
This is not a typical nest site, usually being built in small colonies on rough grazing. |
| Species in Image: |
Common Gull |
| Date: |
1966 |
| Area: |
Yell |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01361 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Common Gull |
| Latin Name |
Larus canus |
| Shetland Name |
Peerie Maa |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Laridae |
| Common Family Name |
Gulls |
| Description |
Common breeding bird also widespread in winter. Flocks seen from early March. Eggs seen from late April.
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