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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Pomarine Skua amongst gulls |
| Image notes: |
Photographed from the Krisona, a fishing boat from Yell, fishing near Unst. |
| Species in Image: |
Kittiwake, Great Black-backed Gull, Pomarine Skua |
| Date: |
1985,26th.Oct. |
| Area: |
Unst |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00995 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Kittiwake |
| Latin Name |
Rissa tridactyla |
| Shetland Name |
Rippek Maa |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Laridae |
| Common Family Name |
Gulls |
| Description |
Summer visitor to the coasts in large numbers in the past, now declining rapidly. The predation of the Great Skua has played a part in this sad decline. Together with the failure of the sandeels to shoal in their usual abundance. |
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