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Time to see Scotland’s seabirds
Over four million seabirds are at home in Scotland at this time of year. Many of them congregate in large colonies on cliffs around our 11800 km of coastline. The amazing spectacle of wheeling flocks of seabirds can be seen … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, National Nature Reserves
Tagged Arctic, Arctic Tern, cormorant, crossbill, Fowlsheugh, gannet, Guillemot, Isle of May, Manx Shearwater, NNR, Noss, Scotland, Scotland's Seas, Scottish Natural Heritage, Seabird, shag, skua, SNH
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A day like no other on the Isle of Noss
Noss National Nature Reserve in Shetland is a dramatic island, uninhabited for half the year but looked after during spring and summer by two wardens who carry out research & monitoring work and ferry visitors across the sound in their … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, National Nature Reserves
Tagged bird colonies, Boat, Facepainting, gannets, Great Skua, guilemots, National Nature Reserve, NNR, Noop of Noss, Noss, Noup of Noss, puffins, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Seabird, Shetland, SNH
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