It comes to land only to nest, spending the rest of its life at sea, where it is vulnerable to oil spills. Dark brown and white, not as black as the similar razorbill, it has a ‘bridled’ form with a white ring round the eye and stripe behind it.
The UK’s coasts have many stretches of sheer cliffs where seabirds breed and the guillemot is one of the most numerous birds in the great ‘seabird cities’.
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When to see
You can spot Guillemots from March through to July.
Where to see
They nest on small cliffs on the coast in the North and East of Scotland.
Did you know?
Their eggs are shaped like a pear with a pointy end, the theory being that it is less likely to roll off the nest when laid.
When to see
You can spot Guillemots from March through to July.
Where to see
They nest on small cliffs on the coast in the North and East of Scotland.
Did you know?
Their eggs are shaped like a pear with a pointy end, the theory being that it is less likely to roll off the nest when laid.
When to see
You can spot Guillemots from March through to July.
Where to see
They nest on small cliffs on the coast in the North and East of Scotland.
Did you know?
Their eggs are shaped like a pear with a pointy end, the theory being that it is less likely to roll off the nest when laid.
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