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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Little Auk out at sea |
| Image notes: |
Rotchies vist the seas around Shetland but never come ashore unless driven by gales. Photographed near Hascosay, nr. Mid Yell. |
| Species in Image: |
Little Auk |
| Date: |
1970, 6th.Jan. |
| Area: |
Yell |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01194 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Little Auk |
| Latin Name |
Alle alle |
| Shetland Name |
Rotchie |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Alcidae |
| Common Family Name |
Auks |
| Description |
Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitor. They sometimes get weather-beaten in prolonged onshore gales and are found inland.
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