Greenwood, J G 1998 Breeding biology of Black Guillemots Cepphus grylle at Bangor, Co. Down. Irish Birds 6: 191-200; Ewins, P J 1985 Colony attendance and censusing of Black Guillemots Cepphus grylle ...

Ralph Sheppard is an ecologist living in Donegal, where he has been monitoring the birds since the 1950s. This is an extract ...

Greenwood, J G 1998 Breeding biology of Black Guillemots Cepphus grylle at Bangor, Co. Down. Irish Birds 6: 191-200; Ewins, P J 1985 Colony attendance and censusing of Black Guillemots Cepphus grylle ...

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