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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Great Shearwater

 

Awaiting image for this species

 

Great Shearwater

Puffinus gravis

Gaelic: Sgrail

 

• Great Shearwater
• Puffinus gravis
• Gaelic: Sgrail
• WI: Rare visitor (less than 30 records since 1990)

 

Great Shearwater records in the Western Isles

Rare visitor (less than 30 records since 1990)

The chart below shows how abundant the Great Shearwater is during a month or when you are more likely to see it.

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(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

 

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