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Image details: |
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Image Description: |
Great Skuas take flight |
Image notes: |
Bonxies enjoy a good wash at Tresta |
Species in Image: |
Great Skua, Fulmar |
Date: |
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Area: |
Fetlar |
Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00907 |
General details: |
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Common Name |
Fulmar |
Latin Name |
Fulmarus glacialis |
Shetland Name |
Maalie (From the Inuit Maaliemol) |
Latin Group Name |
Procellariiformes |
Latin Family Name |
Procellariidae |
Common Family Name |
Fulmar, Petrels and Shearwaters |
Description |
First recorded breeding in Shetland was Foula 1878. On that island in 1987 a count showed a total of 46,800 occupied sites. Common breeder all round the Shetland Coast. |
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