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Seabirds and Ducks on the Isle
of Mull
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Mull and its surrounding
islands are home to
thousands of seabirds and ducks.
On the main island,
you can see nesting Kittiwakes and Fulmars. The
Black
Guillemot nests here, as does the
Shag and a number of species of Gull,
including Britain's largest
Gull,
the Great
Black Backed Gull.
Just offshore on our smaller
islands,
you can see large numbers of Puffins, Common
Guillemots and Razorbills. There
are also rarer birds, such as Storm
Petrel and Arctic Skua.
The keen birdwatcher can see all three members of the
Diver family here. Great Northern Divers spend
Winter and Spring around the coasts of Mull and the
birds are usually seen in their magnificent black and
white summer plumage. The Red Throated Diver
breeds on Mull and it can be a very noisy bird on
certain lochs in early Summer. The Red Throated Diver
breeds on Mull and it can be a very noisy bird on
certain lochs in early Summer.
On the mountainous island
of Rhum there are huge numbers of Manx Shearwaters.
Many seabirds that do not nest here,
are also seen on migration, in Spring and late Summer.
Birds such as Sooty Shearwater, Gannet, Corys and Great
Shearwater are seen annually.
Nesting along Mull's seaweed
covered shorelines, are Red Breasted Merganser and Eider
Duck, and on inland lochs
there are Red Throated Divers,
Slavonian Grebes, Black Throated Diver and Great Northern
Diver.
Pages written and sponsored by
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