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                      | Image details: |  |   
                      | Image Description: | A Common Gull sitting on the nest |   
                      | Image notes: | This one is nesting on the island of Hascosay near Mid-Yell (Taken from a hide). |   
                      | Species in Image: | Common Gull |   
                      | Date: | 1966,3rd.June. |   
                      | Area: | Yell |   
                      | Old Haa Image Reference Number: | btc01363 |  
 
 
| General details: |  |   
| 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. |  |