Birds in a field, Sandwick
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Birds in a field, Sandwick
Image: © Mike Pennington Taken: 15 Jan 2017
On the right, the Common Blackbird (Turdus merula), a common resident throughout Europe, including Shetland, and on the left a Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), a North American wader which is a rare vagrant in Europe and only recorded three times in Shetland.
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Image Location
Latitude
60.000976
Longitude
-1.221365