Talk:Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869

List of Species

I've been trying to find a list of the 35 species protected by this act. No luck so far Grantus4504 (talk) 21:01, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I have added a list of 33 birds recorded in the original text. Where did the 35 figure come from? Road Wizard (talk) 22:16, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Oops, I must have misread it. The 33 names listed include regional variations of some species (Sea Parrot = Puffin) and some are family names (auk, loon, grebe). Grantus4504 (talk) 22:58, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Local names

• auk =Auk (6 species)
• bonxie = Great Skua
• Cornish chough = Red-billed Chough
• coulterneb = Atlantic Puffin
• diver = Loon (3 species)
• eider duck = Common Eider
• fulmar = Northern Fulmar
• gannet = Northern Gannet
• grebe = grebe (5 species)
• guillemot = Common Guillemot, Ringed Guillemot, Black Guillemot
• gull = gull (5 species)
• kittiwake = Black-legged Kittiwake
• loon = Loon
• marrot = Auk
• merganser = Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser
• murre = Auk
• oyster catcher = Eurasian Oystercatcher
• petrel = petrel (1-2 species)
• puffin = Atlantic Puffin
• razor bill = Razorbill
• scout = Auk
• seamew = Common Gull
• sea parrot = Atlantic Puffin
• sea swallow = Tern (5 species)
• shearwater = Manx Shearwater
• shelldrake = Common Shelduck
• skua = Skua (4 species?)
• smew = Smew
• solan goose = Northern Gannet
• tarrock = Black-legged Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Common Guillemot
• tern = tern
• tystey = Black Guillemot
• willock = Atlantic Puffin, Common Guillemot

Grantus4504 (talk) 09:17, 31 August 2008 (UTC)