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Birds seen on sea-cliffs & rocky islands in the UK: Black Guillemot |
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BTO - Black Guillemot, Cepphus
grylle http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob6380.htm Investigate large sea bird that can live up to twenty-two years. Fact file offers details about population, distribution, breeding, and survival, plus colour image. |
| Glasgow Digital Library -
Black Guillemots http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/keacam/keacam0203.htm Review enthusiast’s observations of two guillemots fighting on Scottish island. Find out who the third guillemot was and why it just watched the confrontation. |
| Hugh Harrop - Black Guillemot http://www.hughharrop.com/birds/2005/blackguillemot.html Scan detailed colour image of black guillemot on water off Scottish island. Study dark greys and black of plumage plus white flash. |
| Isle of Man Birding - Black
Guillemot
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/Black%20Guillemot200804.htm Help recognise the black guillemot’s precise colour and shape with this colour image of single bird swimming off the coast of UK island. |
| Isle of Man Birding - Black
Guillemot, Cepphus grylle
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/pages/black_guillemot.htm UK bird club on island in the Irish Sea releases map that shows where to sight black guillemots. Also tells which months to see them and offers set of nine colour images. |
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Joint Nature Conservation
Committee - Black Guillemot http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2900/ UK government advisors publishes extract from survey into black guillemots. Offers description of the species, census methods, coverage, and links to more data. |
| Royal Society for Protection
of Birds - Black Guillemot
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/b/blackguillemot/ Gain an insight into large sea bird that flies in large flock that moves with military precision. Includes written description plus picture of species and distribution map. |
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RSPB - Black Guillemots in Bangor
Harbour http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/brilliant/regions/northernireland/bangor.asp Digest article compiled by Royal Society for the Protection of Birds that states precise number of black guillemots breeding in UK harbour. View image of the bird with food in bead. |
| Scilly News - Black Guillemot
Seen on Scilly http://www.scillynews.co.uk/?p=11096/ Read editorial about fisherman from island off the Cornwall who claimed to have sighted a black guillemot. Tells of bird that has been seen only five times before. |
| Tiscali Reference - Black
Guillemot, Cepphus grylle http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_black_guillemot.html Research into sea bird with very distinctive colour and markings that makes it an easy bird to identify. Talks about social behaviour, distribution, and fishing techniques. |
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Birds on sea-cliffs & islands in the UK
