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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L 16-18cm. More robust and longer-winged than British Storm-petrel; flight is ever-changing flight with powerful wingbeats and glides. Sexes are similar. Adult is dark sooty-grey except for pale panel on upperwing coverts. Fork in tail and grey central line on rump can be hard. Underwings are all-dark. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; weird gurgling rattles are heard when nesting. Status Truly oceanic. Very locally common but hard to see. Only willingly comes close to land after dark, at breeding colonies.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea - 1st winter. Length 41-45cm. An elegant and distinctive high Arctic gull. Adult has pure white plumage and black legs. The rounded head, dark eye and dainty bill create an almost dove-like appearance. At close range, note the bluish base and yellow tip to the bill. Juvenile is similar, but the face is grubby-looking and the wings are adorned with neat black spots. The Ivory Gull is typically discovered in the dead of winter and records from our region (a couple in a good year) have a northerly bias. The species often feeds on beached seal and porpoise carcasses in our region.
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  • Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea - Juvenile. Length 41-45cm. An elegant and distinctive high Arctic gull. Adult has pure white plumage and black legs. The rounded head, dark eye and dainty bill create an almost dove-like appearance. At close range, note the bluish base and yellow tip to the bill. Juvenile is similar, but the face is grubby-looking and the wings are adorned with neat black spots. The Ivory Gull is typically discovered in the dead of winter and records from our region (a couple in a good year) have a northerly bias. The species often feeds on beached seal and porpoise carcasses in our region.
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  • Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea - Juvenile. Length 41-45cm. An elegant and distinctive high Arctic gull. Adult has pure white plumage and black legs. The rounded head, dark eye and dainty bill create an almost dove-like appearance. At close range, note the bluish base and yellow tip to the bill. Juvenile is similar, but the face is grubby-looking and the wings are adorned with neat black spots. The Ivory Gull is typically discovered in the dead of winter and records from our region (a couple in a good year) have a northerly bias. The species often feeds on beached seal and porpoise carcasses in our region.
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  • Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea - Juvenile. Length 41-45cm. An elegant and distinctive high Arctic gull. Adult has pure white plumage and black legs. The rounded head, dark eye and dainty bill create an almost dove-like appearance. At close range, note the bluish base and yellow tip to the bill. Juvenile is similar, but the face is grubby-looking and the wings are adorned with neat black spots. The Ivory Gull is typically discovered in the dead of winter and records from our region (a couple in a good year) have a northerly bias. The species often feeds on beached seal and porpoise carcasses in our region.
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  • Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua Length to 1m<br />
Distinctive fish with a proportionately large head. Young in particular venture into inshore waters, especially in winter months. Adult is brown above, slivery below, marbled with golden spots and yellowish hue on flanks. Has 3 dorsal fins and 2 anal fins. Lower jaw is shorter than upper with long barbel. Widespread and fairly common, least so where fished commercially.
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  • Mackerel Scomber scombrus Length to 55cm<br />
Fast-swimming predatory fish. Shoals are frequent in inshore waters in summer months and popular with anglers. Adult has streamlined body, pointed head and rather small dorsal fins. Small ‘finlets’ extend along top and bottom of narrowly tapering tail stock. Body is greenish with black bands above, silver on sides and whitish below; green colour fades to blue after death. Widespread; locally and seasonally common, especially in S and W.
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  • Common EelAnguilla anguilla Length to 100cm<br />
Similar to Conger Eel but with subtle structural differences. Found in freshwater for much of life but also on rocky shores and in estuaries. Adult is yellowish for much of life, but turns silvery-blue as adult before migration. Compared to Conger note relatively smaller eye, protruding lower jaw, and dorsal fin that starts 1/3 of way down body. Widespread but rather scarce, numbers much reduced in recent years.
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  • Garfish Belone belone Length to 90cm<br />
Unmistakable pelagic fish. Ventures into inshore waters in summer months, along with Mackerel. Adult has a very slender body and long pointed jaws, armed with sharp teeth. Dorsal, anal and tail fins are set far back on body. Green above, silvery on sides and white below. Locally, and seasonally, common, mainly in S and W.
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  • Pollack Pollachius pollachius Length to 125cm<br />
Classic fish of rocky coasts. Adult is beautifully patterned: overall, tinged golden, marbled with silvery-grey spots. Lower jaw protrudes, barbel is absent. Has 3 dorsal fins and 2 anal fins. Widespread and generally common, least so on E coasts.
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  • Black Sea-bream Spondyliosoma cantharus Length to 55cm<br />
Deep-bodied fish with a steep profile to the head. Ventures into inshore waters in summer months. Adult is bluish-grey overall, darker above than below and tinged reddish on head and underparts. Dorsal fin has spiny rays; pectoral fins are relatively long. Widespread and fairly common in S and W; commonest from Dorset to Sussex.
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  • Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri
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  • Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea. Length 41-45cm. An elegant and distinctive high Arctic gull. Adult has pure white plumage and black legs. The rounded head, dark eye and dainty bill create an almost dove-like appearance. At close range, note the bluish base and yellow tip to the bill. Juvenile is similar, but the face is grubby-looking and the wings are adorned with neat black spots. The Ivory Gull is typically discovered in the dead of winter and records from our region (a couple in a good year) have a northerly bias. The species often feeds on beached seal and porpoise carcasses in our region.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
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  • Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea - Juvenile. Length 41-45cm. An elegant and distinctive high Arctic gull. Adult has pure white plumage and black legs. The rounded head, dark eye and dainty bill create an almost dove-like appearance. At close range, note the bluish base and yellow tip to the bill. Juvenile is similar, but the face is grubby-looking and the wings are adorned with neat black spots. The Ivory Gull is typically discovered in the dead of winter and records from our region (a couple in a good year) have a northerly bias. The species often feeds on beached seal and porpoise carcasses in our region.
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  • Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Garfish Belone belone Length to 90cm<br />
Unmistakable pelagic fish. Ventures into inshore waters in summer months, along with Mackerel. Adult has a very slender body and long pointed jaws, armed with sharp teeth. Dorsal, anal and tail fins are set far back on body. Green above, silvery on sides and white below. Locally, and seasonally, common, mainly in S and W.
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  • Thick-lipped Grey Mullet Chelon labrosus Length to 60cm<br />
The commonest of our grey mullet species. Ventures into estuaries and bays in summer months. Adult is cigar-shaped overall with a thick tail stock and narrowly tapering head. At its broadest, upper lip width equals or exceeds eye diameter. Overall colour is silvery-grey, darker above than below. Widespread and locally common in S Britain; scarce or absent elsewhere.
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  • Bib Trisopterus luscus Length to 40cm<br />
Attractive, rather deep-bodied fish with relatively tall fins. Adult is golden brown above, silvery blue below. Fins are yellowish, dorsal and tail fins with dark margins. Has 3 dorsal fins and 2 anal fins. Lower jaw is slightly shorter tha upper, with long barbel. Note dark spot at base of pectoral fin. Widespread and generally common in S and W Britain; absent from much of NE.
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  • Bib Trisopterus luscus Length to 40cm<br />
Attractive, rather deep-bodied fish with relatively tall fins. Adult is golden brown above, silvery blue below. Fins are yellowish, dorsal and tail fins with dark margins. Has 3 dorsal fins and 2 anal fins. Lower jaw is slightly shorter tha upper, with long barbel. Note dark spot at base of pectoral fin. Widespread and generally common in S and W Britain; absent from much of NE.
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  • Five-bearded Rockling Ciliata mustela Length to 30cm<br />
Elongate, rather cylindrical fish. Found in pools and under rocks on lower shore; adept at slithering into crevices to escape capture. Adult is overall brown above, paler below. 1st dorsal fin has long ray at front; 2nd dorsal fin contuse almost to tail. Head has 5 barbels. Widespread and fairly common, except in N.
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  • Pollack Pollachius pollachius Length to 125cm<br />
Classic fish of rocky coasts. Adult is beautifully patterned: overall, tinged golden, marbled with silvery-grey spots. Lower jaw protrudes, barbel is absent. Has 3 dorsal fins and 2 anal fins. Widespread and generally common, least so on E coasts.
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  • Pollack Pollachius pollachius Length to 125cm<br />
Classic fish of rocky coasts. Adult is beautifully patterned: overall, tinged golden, marbled with silvery-grey spots. Lower jaw protrudes, barbel is absent. Has 3 dorsal fins and 2 anal fins. Widespread and generally common, least so on E coasts.
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  • Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus Length to 12m<br />
Our largest fish, and the 2nd largest on the planet. It filter feeds surface plankton during summer months but little is know of its habits at other times. Adult has typical shark shape but disproportionately large mouth. Above water, nose, dorsal fin and top of tail fin are often visible. Most records come from SW England, N Irish Sea and NW Scotland, June-September. It is scarce in some years if plankton is poor.
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  • Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus Length to 12m<br />
Our largest fish, and the 2nd largest on the planet. It filter feeds surface plankton during summer months but little is know of its habits at other times. Adult has typical shark shape but disproportionately large mouth. Above water, nose, dorsal fin and top of tail fin are often visible. Most records come from SW England, N Irish Sea and NW Scotland, June-September. It is scarce in some years if plankton is poor.
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  • Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus Length to 12m<br />
Our largest fish, and the 2nd largest on the planet. It filter feeds surface plankton during summer months but little is know of its habits at other times. Adult has typical shark shape but disproportionately large mouth. Above water, nose, dorsal fin and top of tail fin are often visible. Most records come from SW England, N Irish Sea and NW Scotland, June-September. It is scarce in some years if plankton is poor.
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  • Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
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  • The Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus (L 24-27cm) is more like a miniature Common Tern in breeding plumage but at other times it is mainly white with pale grey upperwings and blackish speckling on hindcrown.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • White-faced Storm Petrel - Pelagodroma marina
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus W 70-85cm. Skims low over sea on stiffly held wings. Contrasting dark upperparts and mainly white underparts are seen as bird banks and glides. Gregarious when feeding is good. Sexes are similar. Adult has blackish upperparts and mainly white underparts with dark wing margins. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Silent at sea; strangled coughing calls uttered after dark when nesting birds. Status Fairly common summer visitor. Seen mostly at sea; only visits land to breed, after dark. Nests in burrows on remote islands.
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  • Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
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  • Black-vented Shearwater - Puffinus opisthomelas
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  • Pacific Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
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  • Pacific Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
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  • Northern Royal Albatross - Diomedea sanfordi
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  • Masked Booby - Sula dactylatra
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  • Northern Royal Albatross - Diomedea sanfordi
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  • Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
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  • Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
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  • Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
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  • Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
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  • Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
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  • Shy Albatross - Diomedea cauta
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  • Northern Royal Albatross - Diomedea sanfordi
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  • Black-vented Shearwater - Puffinus opisthomelas
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  • Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
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  • Buller's Albatross - Thalassarche bulleri
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  • Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
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  • Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
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  • Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Length to 1.5m or more<br />
Massive, unmistakable fish. Sometimes seen inshore, at surface, usually from W coast headlands or ferries, in late summer and autumn. Adult is flattened laterally and roughly circular in side profile. Has tall, narrow dorsal and anal fins, and frilled fringe at tail end. Occasional; mainly W Britain.
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  • 'The Castle', Chatham Islands, Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand
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  • Gannets -  Morus bassanus feeding on the ocean, Isles of Scilly, UK. W 165-180cm. Our largest seabird. Has deep, powerful wingbeats and glides on stiffly held wings. Bill is large and dagger-like. Dives from a height to catch fish. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly white plumage with black wingtips; head has buffish wash. Juvenile has dark brown plumage speckled with white dots in first year; adult plumage acquired over next 4 years. Voice Silent at sea; nesting birds utter grating calls. Status Very locally common (3/4 of world population breeds here). Nests colonially but otherwise strictly marine.
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  • 'Sail Rock', Chatham Islands. Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand
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  • Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis, dolphin, cetacean, marine, mammal, swimming, sea, ocean, baja, california, mexico
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  • Idylic sandy beach on the island of Bermuda, a British territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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  • View over Great Sound, Bermuda Island, a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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  • View of Hog Bay looking towards Somerset Village, Bermuda Island, a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Sunset over Bermuda Island, a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba Length to 2.5m Streamlined shape is similar to that of other dolphin species. Dorsal surface is dark, underside is bluish-pink. Flanks are pale grey with one short black stripe running back from ear, and a longer one along the side of the body. Widespread in both Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
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