Geolocators reveal an unsuspected moulting area for Isle of May common guillemots Uria aalge

Harris, Michael P.; Wanless, Sarah; Ballesteros, Manuel; Moe, Borge; Daunt, Francis; Erikstad, Kjell Einar

Harris, Michael P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-5830; Wanless, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2788-4606; Ballesteros, Manuel; Moe, Borge; Daunt, Francis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-3388; Erikstad, Kjell Einar. 2015 Geolocators reveal an unsuspected moulting area for Isle of May common guillemots Uria aalge. Bird Study, 62 (2). 267-270. 10.1080/00063657.2015.1006164

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Abstract

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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