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Duncansby Head lighthouse, Caithness
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North-East Caithness
Duncansby Head lighthouse, Caithness, designed and built by David A Stevenson in 1924, and automated in 1997. The lighthouse overlooks the Pentland Firth, site of a tidal power turbine development
20 May 2011
Thrift and cliffs, Duncansby Head
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North-East Caithness
Thrift (Armeria maritima) on the cliffs near Duncansby Head, Caithness. The horizontal red sandstone ledges make ideal breeding sites for colonial seabirds such as Common Guillemots (Uria aalge) and Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis).
20 May 2011
Fulmar amongst Thrift, Duncansby Head
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North-East Caithness
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) amongst Thrift (Armeria maritima), Duncansby Head, Caithness. The Fulmar will lay a single egg in its cliff nest, which both sexes will incubate for around 53 days.
20 May 2011
Stroma lighthouse
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North-East Caithness
Stroma lighthouse in the Pentland Firth, a likely
tidal power turbine site, seen through the Geo of Sclaites from the cliffs of Duncansby Head
20 May 2011
Stroma lighthouse
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North-East Caithness
Stroma lighthouse in the Pentland Firth, a likely
tidal power turbine site, seen through the Geo of Sclaites from the cliffs of Duncansby Head
20 May 2011
Common Guillemots on the cliffs, Duncansby Head
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North-East Caithness
Common Guillemots on the cliffs, Duncansby Head. Guillemots build no nest, laying a single egg directly on to a cliff ledge.
20 May 2011
Fulmar pair on the cliffs
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North-East Caithness
Fulmar pair on the cliffs, Duncansby Head.
20 May 2011
Gannet with fishing net in beak, Troup Head
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Troup Head, Aberdeenshire
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) with fishing net in its beak. Fishing line and net discarded or washed overboard from fishing boats is a significant hazard to Gannets which don't distinguish it from natural nesting materials. The bird tried to remove it by waving its head about for at least 6 minutes.
05 July 2008
Gannet with fishing net in beak, Troup Head
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Troup Head, Aberdeenshire
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) with fishing net in its beak. Fishing line and net discarded or washed overboard from fishing boats is a significant hazard to Gannets which don't distinguish it from natural nesting materials. The bird tried to remove it by waving its head about for at least 6 minutes.
05 July 2008
Gannets arguing on cliff, Troup Head
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Troup Head, Aberdeenshire
Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) arguing over nesting territory on the cliff at Troup Head
