Manx Shearwater
Taken at Ardrossan on 24th April 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.                         
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Taken on Oban to Islay ferry on 8th July 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600mm zoom lens.
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Manx Shearwater.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names:
Puffinus puffinus.
Procellariiformes.
Procellariidae.

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Eggs:
In a burrow on islands and coastal cliffs
around Great Britain and Ireland.
Small fish , crustaceans, cephalopods and surface offal.
It is silent at sea, but at night the breeding colonies
are alive with raucous cackling calls.
It has long straight slim wings, and is black above and white below.
30–38 cm
76–89 cm .
One white egg.

Voice:
  It is silent at sea, but at night the breeding colonies
are alive with raucous cackling calls.