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Image details: |
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Image Description: |
A Little Auk out at sea |
Image notes: |
Rotchies vist the seas around Shetland but never come ashore unless driven by gales. Photographed near Hascosay, nr. Mid Yell. |
Species in Image: |
Little Auk |
Date: |
1970, 6th.Jan. |
Area: |
Yell |
Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01194 |
General details: |
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Common Name |
Little Auk |
Latin Name |
Alle alle |
Shetland Name |
Rotchie |
Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
Latin Family Name |
Alcidae |
Common Family Name |
Auks |
Description |
Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitor. They sometimes get weather-beaten in prolonged onshore gales and are found inland.
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