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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlanR" data-source="post: 1515239" data-attributes="member: 49974">Guillemots and GullsGuillemots:I had heard that Black Guillemots breed at Ayr Harbour so I wandered that way on my first evening. All I saw on the rocks were Gulls and Shag but I did catch some dark shapes flying fast and low over the harbour waters - my first Black Guillemots of the week.Later I found how to get round to the other side of the harbour. I still couldn't see where they breed. (I presume it's inside the harbour walls.) I managed several good sightings here and some record shots but they never came up to me and posed! I also saw these birds at Ardrossan, at Brodick in the Isle of Arran and more openly swimming in the River Ayr.Gulls:Not everyone's favourite but I do like Gulls at the seaside. At least you can get near to them. At Ayr and along the coast There were lots of Herring Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (I wouldn't like to comment on which was more common.) I did notice (a) most of the ones resting or roosting inland, e.g. on the River Ayr, were juveniles, (b) Herring Gulls seem less worried by the proximity of humans than LBB.At some points during the week I saw a few Black-headed Gulls but I was surprised at the end of my stay to spot a Great Black-backed Gull in the River. I only looked at it because it was resting on a large tree trunk which made an interesting shot. But its definitely pink legs mark it as GBB.Photos: (1) Black Guillemot (2) Herring and LBB Gulls by the seaside posing together (3) Herring Gull (4) Juvenile Herring Gull (5) Great BB Gull.Alan(I should get through the rest of the holiday by next weekend!)</blockquote>

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