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Martin Hughes-Games presents the Little Auk. Little auks are black and white relatives of the puffin but only about half the size.

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Martin Hughes-Games presents the Little Auk. Little auks are black and white relatives of the puffin but only about half the size. They're one of the most numerous seabirds in the world, with around twelve million pairs of birds. In autumn and early winter we see them in the UK as they head south into the North Sea.

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Little Auk (Alle alle)

Image courtesy of Mark Sisson (rspb-images.com)

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