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A Fulmar Petrel.
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Image details:  
Image Description: A Fulmar Petrel.
Image notes: A Fulmer Petrel looking its very best.
Species in Image: Fulmar
Date: 1970s
Area: Yell
Old Haa Image Reference Number: btc00184

General details:  
Common Name Fulmar
Latin Name Fulmarus glacialis
Shetland Name Maalie (From the Inuit Maaliemol)
Latin Group Name Procellariiformes
Latin Family Name Procellariidae
Common Family Name Fulmar, Petrels and Shearwaters
Description First recorded breeding in Shetland was Foula 1878. On that island in 1987 a count showed a total of 46,800 occupied sites. Common breeder all round the Shetland Coast.
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