Photo: Royal Scottish \fusrum. 



COMMON GULL (Larus canus) WITH NEST, EGG, AND YOUNG 



Colonies of them are often found on lochs at a distance from the sea. The birds roam over moors and marshland, and they are 

 often to be seen closely following the plough, picking up worms and grubs. Like the Herring-Gull, it has been observed dancing on the 

 sand or mud of shallow pools to force up marine worms from below. 



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LAPWING OR PEEWIT SETTLING DOWN ON ITS EGGS 



If an intruder comes near, the young will take warning from their excited parents wheeling 

 overhead calling " pee-a-weet, pee-a-weet " and squat flat on the ground in absolute stillness. 

 No noise will make them move a muscle so long as their parents call overhead. 



