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A gallery of some of the birds seen most frequently (and sometimes very rarely) on our cruises. Puffins - because they are such characters - have their own puffin picture gallery.
by Chris Gomersall by Chris Gomersall

golden eagle

white-tailed sea eagle
by Ken Hodgson by David Bonar

white-tailed sea eagle

white-tailed sea eagle and raven
by Michael McKee by Graham Savage

gull-billed tern (only the 10th record 

of this bird in Scotland)

St Kilda wren
by Graham Savage by Michael McKee

snowy owl (St Kilda)

snowy owl (North Uist)
by Richard Crossen by Graham Savage

hooded crow or "hoodie"

wheatear
by Eddie Paterson by David Bonar

greylag goose

swan goose
by Graham Savage by Nigel Lynch

great skua or "bonxie"

gannet

by Nigel Lynch

 by Dawn Menzies

great skua or "bonxie" (St Kilda)

gannet
by Graham Savage by Margaret Maggs

oystercatchers

gannets on the cliffs at St Kilda
by Ann Rayner by Richard Crossen

black guillemot (Orkney 2006)

razorbill
by Sarah Barry by Chris Gomersall

guillemot

guillemot (juvenile)
by Chris Gomersall by Warren Fowles

Manx shearwater

fulmar
by Warren Fowles by Warren Fowles

fulmars

lesser black-backed gull
by Hannah Thompson by Michael Steciuk

common gull

lesser black-backed gull
by Michael Steciuk by Chris Jackson

kittiwake

glaucus gull (St Kilda)
by Michael Steciuk by Michael Steciuk

herring gulls (juvenile)

Arctic tern (juvenile)
by Chris Gomersall by John Maughan

Brunnich's guillemot (Iceland 2006)

eider ducks (Iceland 2006)
by Chris Gomersall by Chris Gomersall

red necked phalarope

(Iceland 2006)

harlequin ducks

(Iceland 2006)
by Michael Steciuk by Alan Lester by Chris Jackson

great black-backed gull (juvenile)

Arctic tern

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gallery: puffins

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list of 96 birds

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"The seabirds we

saw were

fantastic!"

Nicola G, Stockport

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