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..     GUILLEMOT (uria aalge)     ..

a.k.a. COMMON MURRE.

Photo taken at Ayr Harbour, Mar '05.

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 38-46cm

Wingspan: 61-73cm

Weight: 850g-1.13kg

 

 

 

 

Summer: 'cooing' and 'mooing' at nest

Winter: silent

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer: sea cliff ledges

Winter: open sea

 

 

 

 

 

 

Locally common

Amber List

 

 

 

 

 

 

İRob Brown

85x53mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Eggs:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

No.:-

Incubation:-

Fledging:-

1

28-34 days

2-3 weeks

Season: May-Jul

26 years

 

 

600,000 pairs

 

 

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