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..     MANX SHEARWATER (puffinus puffinus).     ..

Image: John Gould

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 30-38cm

Wingspan: 76-82cm

Weight: 350-450g

 

 

Summer: nocturnal cacophany of bubbling and crowing calls.

Winter: silent.

 

 

Summer: grassy tops of islands, remote headlands and scree .

Winter: open sea

 

 

Locally numerous

Amber List

 

 

 

?x?mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Eggs:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

No.:-

Incubation:-

Fledging:-

1

52-54 days

70 days

Season: Mar-Jul

over 50 years

 

 

220-250,000 pairs

 

 

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