Photograph of the Week, November 27 2020
Machrihanish Seabird Observatory warden Eddie Maguire took this photo of a very inquisitive juvenile European shag.
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Photograph of the Week, October 2 2020
It is far from only birds that can be spotted from Machrihanish Seabird Observatory.
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Have you spotted a magpie?
So far the noisy, conspicuous species has been spotted at Campbeltown, Peninver, Carradale, Tangy, Glenbarr and Kennacraig.
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PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK, August 16 2019
This is one of a few images Mr Maguire managed to snap of the carnivorous mammal on rocks near the observatory, taken towards the end of July.
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Driver slams police after car impounded
‘The police initially said they would get my car back from Lochgilphead.
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On a wing with Machrihanish Seabird Observatory
The most extraordinary event of 2017 was a June fly-by Sooty Tern usually found in Tropical waters. This is a new species for Argyll, the first since the Observatory was established on September 11 1993.
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First sooty tern spotted in Argyll
‘However, no one could have forecast that the rarest seabird to visit MSBO would do so on a truly, almost calm, sunny day.’