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Geolocators reveal an unsuspected moulting area for Isle of May Common Guillemots Uria aalge |
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| Authors: | Michael P. Harris Sarah Wanless Manuel Ballesteros Børge Moe Francis Daunt Kjell Einar Erikstad |
| Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Ecology &2. Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UKmph@ceh.ac.uk;4. Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK;5. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, FRAM – High North Research Centre on Climate and the Environment, 9296 Troms?, Norway;6. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 7485 Trondheim, Norway;7. Department of Biology, Centre for Conservation Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7049 Trondheim, Norway |
| Abstract: | Capsule Data from geolocators deployed on adult Common Guillemots from a colony in southeast Scotland indicated that they normally winter in the North Sea up to 1000?km southeast of the colony. However, one bird unexpectedly moved 3000?km northeast to moult in the Barents Sea. |
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