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A gallery of some of the birds seen most frequently 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 Richard Crossen

white-tailed sea eagle

hooded crow or "hoodie"

by Nigel Lynch by Graham Savage

great skua or "bonxie"

great skua or "bonxie" (St Kilda)

by John Maughan by Richard Crossen

eider ducks (Iceland 2006)

eider duck

by Dawn Menzies

by Nigel Lynch

gannet

gannet

by Graham Savage by Richard Crossen

oystercatchers

razorbill

by Graham Savage by Graham Savage

St Kilda wren

snowy owl (St Kilda)

by Warren Fowles by Warren Fowles

fulmars

fulmar

by Chris Jackson by Michael Steciuk

glaucus gull (St Kilda)

lesser black-backed gull

by Warren Fowles by Michael Steciuk

lesser black-backed gull

kittiwake

by Michael Steciuk by Michael Steciuk

herring gull aka "seagull"

herring gulls (juvenile)

by Ann Rayner by Chris Gomersall

black guillemot (Orkney 2006)

guillemot (juvenile)

by Chris Gomersall by Chris Gomersall

Brunnich's guillemot (Iceland 2006)

Manx shearwater

by Chris Gomersall by Chris Gomersall

red necked phalarope

(Iceland 2006)

harlequin ducks

(Iceland 2006)

by Michael Steciuk by Michael Steciuk

Arctic tern

Arctic tern (juvenile)

by Michael Steciuk by Chris Jackson by Michael Steciuk

great black-backed gull (juvenile)

shag

shag (juvenile)

 

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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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Northern Light Charters, Achnacraig, Achindarroch, Duror of Appin, Argyll PA38 4BS | Tel: +44 (0)1631 740595

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