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Image details: |
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Image Description: |
A Gyrfalcon flying around the cliffs |
Image notes: |
This falcon landed on a trawler in Febuary and was released at Braewick on 2nd March. |
Species in Image: |
Gyrfalcon |
Date: |
1973 |
Area: |
Mainland |
Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00666 |
General details: |
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Common Name |
Gyrfalcon |
Latin Name |
Falco rusticolus |
Latin Group Name |
Falconiformes |
Latin Family Name |
Falconidae |
Common Family Name |
Falcons |
Description |
A rare migrant from the Artic. There have been 25 sightings in Shetland since 1970.
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