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  • The northern section of the two-mile A47 Great Yarmouth Western Bypass opened in March 1 ...al and Common Seal are frequently seen off-shore, as are sea-birds such as Gannet, Little Auk, Common Scoter, Razorbill and Guillemot.
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  • ...or many important seabird species including gannets, Atlantic puffins, and northern fulmars. The St Kilda wren and St Kilda field mouse are endemic subspecies. ...s, about 30% of the United Kingdom's total breeding population, and 67,000 northern fulmar pairs, about 13 percent of the UK total.<ref name=Benvie>Benvie, Nei
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  • Feral Soay sheep are a relict population of the first sheep brought to northern Europe around 5000&nbsp;BC. They were kept for their wool, which was plucke The island's cliffs hold breeding colonies of many seabirds, including gannet, fulmar, storm petrel, Manx shearwater, razorbill, great skua, Leach's Petr
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  • ...[Alderney]], went there to inspect the kittiwake colony. He found only one gannet. He found none on [[Les Etacs]] off Alderney. Now both swarm with the birds "Ayline 123: your clearance is to the Northern Zone boundary via ORTAC, on track Romeo 41."
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  • .../www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/flannan.htm "Flannan Isles Lighthouse "] Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 23 March 2008.</ref> or Bothain Chlann 'ic Phai [[File:Morus-bassanus Northern Gannet.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Gannet (''Morus bassanus'') in flight]]
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  • ...Rock is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in its own right, due to its gannet colony. It is sometimes called "the [[Ailsa Craig]] of the East".<ref>{{cit ...a gift from King Malcolm III of Scotland. Their crest is, appropriately, a Gannet standing upon a rock.<ref>Lauder-Frost, Gregory, F.S.A.,Scot., 'Lauder Arms
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  • ...lshire]]. It lies just off the west coast of [[Mull]], separated from the northern arm of that island by a narrow strait (the Sound of Ulva) and by Loch Tuath *The [[Treshnish Isles]] lie to the west in a line from the northern part of Mull. These include the distinctive [[Bac Mòr]]
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  • ...p://books.google.com/books?id=art_A1jU2BMC&pg=PA86 ''Backpacker's Britain: Northern Scotland: thirty two and three day treks''], p.86. Cicerone Press Limited. ...ing red deer, fulmar, hooded crow, rock pipit, golden eagle, cormorant and gannet.<ref name=scotsman8apr10 /> An area of {{convert|1019.2|ha|acres|0|x}} is d
    27 KB (4,277 words) - 09:36, 20 January 2018
  • ...hern Ireland]] and 200 nautical miles past the Irish coast. Additionally, Gannet SAR provides a medical evacuation service to the Hebridean island communiti
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  • *Northern Gannet ''Morus bassanus''
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  • ...veragh Peninsula]] in [[County Kerry]]. They are famous for their thriving gannet and puffin populations, and although they appear uninhabitable, Skellig Mic ...lic, and holds Ireland's largest and the world's second-largest [[Northern Gannet]] colony, with almost 30,000 pairs. It is about a mile east-north-east of G
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  • ...82 (Great Western Road) at [[Old Kilpatrick]] in [[Dunbartonshire]] on the northern side. ...ridge in August 2010. A Royal Navy Westland Sea King helicopter from HMS ''Gannet'', coastguard teams and officers from the fire service were all called out
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  • The village is close to the very northern tip of Lewis, at the end of the A857, which runs from [[Stornoway]].<ref>{{ ...o hate although the suspension of the harvest in wartime saw a collapse in gannet numbers).
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  • ....org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/gannet/index.aspx |title=RSPB Birdguide: Gannet|accessdate= 14 December 2012}}</ref> are the most notable biological featur Seabirds such as northern gannets, kittiwakes and Atlantic puffins breed abundantly on the cliffs.<re
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  • ...1943 the airfield became a Fleet Air Arm base called RNAS Eglinton (HMS ''Gannet'') and was home to the No. 1847 Fleet Air Arm Squadron which provided convo ...undertaken at the airport as a matter of priority. As the airport served [[Northern Ireland]] and also [[County Donegal]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]], fundi
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  • .... | last2=Harris | url=http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2875 | title=Northern Gannet Status and Trends | access-date=31 May 2018 | date=4 October 2016 | publish
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  • ...B nature reserve, best known for its breeding seabirds, including northern gannet, Atlantic puffin, razorbill, common guillemot, black-legged kittiwake and f
    5 KB (677 words) - 18:05, 5 May 2023
  • ...nature reserve and is known for its breeding seabirds, including northern gannet, Atlantic puffin, razorbill, common guillemot, black-legged kittiwake and f .../www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/gannet/ RSPB: Gannet]</ref> The birds arrive at the colony from January and leave in August and
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