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Shag on Lunga
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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) displaying on Lunga, Treshnish Isles. Shags in the breeding season can be distinguished from Cormorants, even at a distance, by having crests. This one is displaying by moving its head about to impress its spouse.
26 April 2014
Red-breasted Mergansers, Tiree
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Tiree - Scarinish and Gott Bay
Group of Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator), Tiree. On the right is a probable first year male which has a dark eye-ring during moult which begins in August and lasts throughout the winter and even as late as April.
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on Lunga, Treshnish Isles. Shags in the breeding season can be distinguished from Cormorants, even at a distance, by having crests. This one is on a nest which consists of any material the Shag can gather, often seaweed but in this case the hollow stems of last year's herbaceous growth.
26 April 2014
Shag on Lunga
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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on Lunga, Treshnish Isles. Shags in the breeding season can be distinguished from Cormorants, even at a distance, by having crests.
26 April 2014
Razorbill
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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles
Razorbills (Alca torda) taking off from a cliff ledge, Lunga, Treshnish Isles.
26 April 2014
Razorbill
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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles
Razorbills (Alca torda) nest on the cliff ledges of Lunga, Treshnish Isles.
26 April 2014
Common Guillemot colony, Lunga
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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) colony, Lunga, Treshnish Isles.
