Common Guillemot
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Sea-cliff ledges (summer).
Diet: Fish (sandeels).
Best time to spot: Densely packed colonies.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. Numbers peak in May. See the May birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in British seabirds.
Where to see it
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Similar birds
- Brunnich's Guillemot · Sea (very rare)
- Black-legged KittiwakeUncommon · Sea-cliff ledges (summer)
- Atlantic PuffinUncommon · Sea-cliff burrows (summer)
- Arctic SkuaUncommon · Northern moors (summer); sea (passage)
- Arctic TernUncommon · Northern coasts (summer)
- Common CuckooUncommon · Reedbeds
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