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Seabird
01-Aug-07, 22:13
The first birds to arrive for nesting and the last to leave.

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This mum and chick are on the cliff face
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This group are on the Maa Stack

Pictures taken 30-7-07 Lybster.

Colin

Kenn
01-Aug-07, 22:27
Have loved these birds since visiting the colony at Flamborough Head many years ago.
How have the bird colonies fared up there this year? Have been getting very mixed reports and the local eye is usually the best observer.

Seabird
02-Aug-07, 18:10
Sorry to say there have been less sea birds nesting then previous years.
The situation can only get worse because new birds take about five years to reach breeding age.
So in a few years we will see even less nesting sea birds because there will be no new generations to replace the the old birds.
Kittiwakes and Auks seem to be worst hit.

Colin