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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Raven on the nest |
| Image notes: |
An April scene in Shetland, these birds breed later than their south cousins. |
| Species in Image: |
Raven |
| Date: |
1973 |
| Area: |
Yell |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01977 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Raven |
| Latin Name |
Corvus corax |
| Shetland Name |
Corbie |
| Latin Group Name |
Passeriformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Corvidae |
| Common Family Name |
Crows and Jays |
| Description |
Fairly common breeding resident and scarce passage migrant. One of the first records of the corbie is in a 1615 statue requiring landowners to present the heads of pests species. In the 1680s half a merk would be paid for their heads.
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