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The abandoned village is partially buried in drifting sands.
During 2008, an assessment was made of the potential to set up permanent seabird monitoring plots on the island. A full copy of this report can be downloaded below.
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.gif) Mingulay and Berneray together hold the largest colony of Razorbills in the British Isles, around 15% of the Euopean population..
The western face of Berneray is the largest assemblage on a single cliff face recorded anywhere. Whereas in other colonies they normally occur scattered amongst other species, here they form the dominant bird present.
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Name
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Mingulay
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Berneray
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Total
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Northern Fulmar
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23252
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6794
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30046
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European Shag
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694
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98
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792
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Herring Gull
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18
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18
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
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8
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8
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Great Black-backed Gull
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134
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134
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Arctic Tern
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140
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140
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Common Tern
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12
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12
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Black-legged Kittiwake
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5878
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4070
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9948
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Great Skua
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88
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88
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Common Guillemot
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22126
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37323
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59449
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Razorbill
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19029
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26236
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45265
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Atlantic Puffin
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4144
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5036
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9180
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Total
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75523
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79557
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The count shown in the table was taken by SNH in 2003 and shows an increase around 40% over the previous figures taken in 1998.
Common Guillemots are spread generally across the western cliffs while the Black-legged Kittiwakes assemble in colonies on the most vertical, or even overhanging, sections.
Puffins nest along the tops of the cliffs all around the island but there is also a large colony on the northern slopes of the bay above the village on Mingulay..
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The cliffs at the western end of Berneray are home to the largest concentration of Razorbills in the UK...
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