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                      | Image Description: | 
                      A Black Guillemot among the rocks | 
                     
                     
                      | Image notes:  | 
                      This Tystie is on it's nest | 
                     
                     
                      | Species in Image:  | 
                      Black Guillemot | 
                     
                     
                      | Date: | 
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                      | Area:  | 
                      Yell | 
                     
                     
                      | Old Haa Image Reference Number: | 
                      btc01238 | 
                     
                   
 
 
| General details: | 
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| Common Name | 
Black Guillemot | 
 
 
| Latin Name | 
Cepphus grylle | 
 
 
| Shetland Name | 
Tystie | 
 
 
| Latin Group Name | 
Charadriiformes | 
 
 
| Latin Family Name | 
Alcidae | 
 
 
| Common Family Name | 
Auks | 
 
 
| Description | 
Very common breeding bird.  Resident all year.  They nest on rocky shore and favour small uninhabited islands.  It has lately adopted the floating 'walkways' of salmon cages for roosting.
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