Black Guillemot
Taken at Saltcoats on 2nd May 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm lens.
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Juvenile
Taken at Stevenston on 7th September 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File

Winter Plumage
Taken at Saltcoats on 13th October 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File

Taken at Troon on 1st July 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Lunch
Taken at Mull Head LNR, Deerness, Orkney  on 20th July 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Black Guillimot.
Species:
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Family:
Local Names:		 Cepphus grylle.
Charadriiformes.
Alcidae.
Tystie.
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 Rocky shores, cliffs.
They mainly eat fish, crustaceans, mollusks, insects and plant material.
Adult birds have black bodies with a white wing patch, a thin dark bill and red legs and feet. They show white wing linings in flight. In winter, the upperparts are pale grey and the underparts are white. The wings remain black with the large white patch on the inner wing.
32-38 cm.
49-58 cm.
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