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Scotland - Shetland Islands, Anstruther and Isle of May
Jun 2013

The story of Atlantic Puffins
Returning from the ocean to its breeding site




Waiting for its partner



Happy reunion







Building their nest



Busy catching fish to feed their chick





Returning home with a beakful of fish








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lexusjohn

Thank you very much for your sharing Cherry !

Great series of photos.

Like it so much.

kmatthew

I see sand eels are plentiful this year!  Great stuff!!

星魚

PUFFIN真係好可愛呀,GORGEOUS,,,!!^^THANKS SHARING CHERRY,,,,!!

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Many thanks to lexusjohn, Matthew and 星魚 for the encouraging commemts.

cywong

Quote:

Original posted by kmatthew at 14/08/2013 23:20
I see sand eels are plentiful this year!  Great stuff!!

In Shetland, the seabirds had a poor breeding season this year because the supply of fish was inadequate; but there were plenty of sand eels around Isle of May and the seabirds there were much more active. Therefore, all of the photos of puffins with sand eels were taken at Isle of May.

However, Shetland is still a great place for birdwatching because there are 2 species of divers, Black Guillemots and there are more Gannets and shorebirds than at Isle of May.

Thanks to Matthew and Koel again for sharing very useful information about birding at Shetland and Isle of May.

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Andy-li

Very nice photo,Thanks for your sharing..!

John Holmes

Great Puffin pictures !

cywong

Thank you very much, Andy and John.

cywong

ARCTIC TERN












COMMON TERN

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RAZORBILL










FULMAR

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GUILLEMOT











BLACK GUILLEMOT






KITTIWAKE

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SHAG








LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL








GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL






HERRING GULL








COMMON GULL

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GREAT SKUA








ARCTIC SKUA - DARK MORPH






ARCTIC SKUA - PALE MORPH

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GANNET












GREAT NORTHERN DIVER






RED-THROATED DIVER








EIDER








MALLARD






UNIDENTIFIED DUCK



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OYSTERCATCHER










LAPWING




CURLEW






DUNLIN




GOLDEN PLOVER




COMMON RINGED PLOVER






COMMON REDSHANK








SANDERLING

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COMMON SWIFT




RAVEN




CARRION CROW




HOODED CROW




COMMON STARLING




COLLARED DOVE




WOOD PIGEON




SKYLARK






TWITE




ROCK PIPIT






MEADOW PIPIT

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NORTHERN WHEATEAR

MALE


FEMALE



WHITE WAGTAIL




BLACKBIRD



juvenile



SONG THRUSH



juvenile



DUNNOCK




YELLOWHAMMER




ROBIN




GOLDFINCH



juvenile



LINNET




COMMON WHITETHROAT






SHETLAND WREN





Thanks for viewing.

wilsondring

amazing series ... thanks for sharing ..

wserene

Great series !! Thanks for sharing ~

kkchang168

Thanks for sharing. It's another great series I like very much.

lexusjohn

Another great series of photos shared to all of us !

Thank you very much  !!!

cywong

Thanks for all your kind comments!

And I am grateful to my team members because they not only organized this marvelous trip but also found many special birds during this trip!

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