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Skomer Island: Bird

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Picture: 1
Skokholm geology

Shearwater from addled egg under Skomer House, 13/7/1963
Marys species name: Shearwater
Scientific name: Puffinus puffinus
Common name: Manx Shearwater

Date: 13/07/1963

Picture: 2

Razorbill's egg near Skomer Garland Stone, 10 June 1976
Marys species name: razorbill
Scientific name: Alca torda
Common name: Razorbill

Date: 10/06/1976

Picture: 3

Razorbill's egg, north west Skomer, 6/7/1963
Marys species name: razorbill
Scientific name: Alca torda
Common name: Razorbill

Date: 06/07/1963

Picture: 4
Skomer short-eared owl, fulmar, stonechat

Fulmar, Skomer, 1976
Marys species name: Fulmar
Scientific name: Fulmarus glacialis
Common name: Fulmar

Date: 1976

Picture: 5
Skomer short-eared owl, fulmar, stonechat

Stonechat, Skomer, 8-11 June 1976
Marys species name: Stonechat
Scientific name: Saxicola rubicola
Common name: Stonechat

Date: 8 - 11 June 1976

Picture: 6
Skomer puffins

Puffling. 13 July 1963. Opposite Wick, Skomer
Marys species name: puffin
Scientific name: Fratercula arctica
Common name: Puffin

Date: 13/07/1963

Picture: 7
Skomer puffins

Puffin alighting, Skomer, 5/6/1964
Marys species name: puffin
Scientific name: Fratercula arctica
Common name: Puffin

Date: 05/06/1964

Picture: 8
Skomer Lesser black-backed gulls

Lesser black-backed chick, Skomer in the 1960s
Marys species name: Lesser Black-backed Gull
Scientific name: Larus fuscus
Common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull

Date: 1960-1969

Picture: 9
Skomer Lesser black-backed gulls

Lesser black-backed gull head, Skomer, 1976
Marys species name: Lesser Black-backed Gull
Scientific name: Larus fuscus
Common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull

Date: 1976

Picture: 10
Skomer Lesser black-backed gulls

Dead Lesser black-backed gull, yellow legs, beak patch, Skomer, 1978
Marys species name: Lesser Black-backed Gull
Scientific name: Larus fuscus
Common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull

Date: 1978

Picture: 11
Skomer Herring gulls

Herring gulls egg, Skomer, 1960s
Marys species name: Herring gull
Scientific name: Larus argentatus
Common name: Herring Gull

Date: 1960-1969

Picture: 12
Skomer Herring gulls

Lesser black-back gull underside, Skomer, 1976
Marys species name: Lesser Black-backed Gull
Scientific name: Larus fuscus
Common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull

Date: 1976

Picture: 13
Skomer, Oystercatcher, Curlew

Curlew (with chicks), Skomer, May 1978
Marys species name: Curlew
Scientific name: Numenius arquata
Common name: Curlew

Date: May 1978

Picture: 14
Skomer, Oystercatcher, Curlew

Curlew, Skomer (telescope), 1976
Marys species name: Curlew
Scientific name: Numenius arquata
Common name: Curlew

Date: 1976

Picture: 15
Skokholm Island selection

Manx shearwater. Skomer
Marys species name: Manx shearwater
Scientific name: Puffinus puffinus
Common name: Manx shearwater

Picture: 16
Skomer selection. 100 slides

Puffins, Skomer Wick. Silene Armaria. 13.7.1963
Marys species name: Puffins
Scientific name: Fratercula arctica
Common name: Atlantic Puffin

Date: 13/07/1963

Picture: 17
Skomer selection. 100 slides

Puffins Skomer 5.6.1964
Marys species name: Puffins
Scientific name: Fratercula arctica
Common name: Atlantic Puffin

Date: 05/06/1964

Picture: 18
Skomer selection. 100 slides

Young Puffin. 2nd extra mural trip to Skomer. 13.7.1963
Marys species name: Puffins
Scientific name: Fratercula arctica
Common name: Atlantic Puffin

Date: 13/07/1963

Picture: 19
Skomer selection. 100 slides

2 new eggs in Lesser black-back nest. Lady fern. Skomer. 19th May 1978
Marys species name: LBB
Scientific name: Larus marinus
Common name: Great Black-backed Gull

Date: 19/05/1978

Picture: 20
Skomer selection. 100 slides

Fish otoliths from Greater black-back. Skomer
Marys species name: GBB
Scientific name: Larus marinus
Common name: Great Black-backed Gull

Picture: 21
Skomer selection. 100 slides

Curlew chick. Skomer near North Pond. Photo by M. Sutherland. June 1978
Marys species name: Curlew
Scientific name: Numenius arquata
Common name: Eurasian Curlew

Date: June 1978

Picture: 22
Grassholm other

Puffins Skomer. 5. . 1st spine. 1st choice
Marys species name: Puffins
Scientific name: Fratercula arctica
Common name: Puffin

Picture: 23
Manx shearwaters. Pembrokeshire. Storm Petrels

Shearwater near Wick Skomer 26.6.1963
Marys species name: Shearwater
Scientific name: Puffinus puffinus
Common name: Manx Shearwater

Date: 26/06/1963

Picture: 24
Manx shearwaters. Pembrokeshire. Storm Petrels

3 week old shearwater chick blinks. Skomer 1963
Marys species name: Shearwater
Scientific name: Puffinus puffinus
Common name: Manx Shearwater

Date: 1963

Picture: 25
Skokholm oystercatchers + gulls

Oyster catchers eggs and Ramalina. West Skomer
Marys species name: Oyster Catcher
Scientific name: Haematopus ostralegus
Common name: Eurasian Oystercatcher

Picture: 26
Skomer, Topography, views

Hen-pecked cockerel and EM Pollard . Skomer. May 1978
Marys species name: Cockerel
Scientific name: Gallus gallus domesticus
Common name: Domestic Chicken

Date: May 1978

Picture: 27
S. Pembs. Islands Lecture Set for S + W. Wales Trust Feb. 2006

David Saunders, Janice Williams, Amy, shearwater. 1963
Marys species name: Shearwater
Scientific name: Puffinus puffinus
Common name: Manx Shearwater

Date: 1963

Picture: 28
Skomer Auks

Razorbill. Garland stone. Northwest Skomer. 1963
Marys species name: Razorbill
Scientific name: Alca torda
Common name: Razorbill

Date: 1963

Picture: 29

Razorbill. Garland stone. 4 ft. July 1963. Wing and body proportion.
Marys species name: Razorbill
Scientific name: Alca torda
Common name: Razorbill

Date: July 1963

Picture: 30

Mary Gillham and razor bills. Skomer. July 1963
Marys species name: Razorbill
Scientific name: Alca torda
Common name: Razorbill

Date: July 1963

Picture: 31
Skomer Kitti, Curlew, Gull

Kittiwakes, Mewstone. Skomer 5.6.1964
Marys species name: Kittiwakes
Scientific name: Rissa tridactyla
Common name: Black-legged Kittiwake

Date: 05/06/1964

Picture: 32

Amy, Skomer goat and 3 week old shearwater. Cardiff Extra Mural. July 1963
Marys species name: Shearwater
Scientific name: Puffinus puffinus
Common name: Manx Shearwater

Date: July 1963

Picture: 33

Puffin portrait. Skomer, June 1964
Marys species name: Puffin
Scientific name: Fratercula arctica
Common name: Puffin

Date: June 1964

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South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre (SEWBReC)
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Dr Mary Gillham
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