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These seabirds left the sea to take a freshwater bath.

At Loch Clift, naturalist Richard Kearton described two streams: birds flying in from the sea to bathe, and birds returning. After washing, they shook off water in flight and preened on a nearby hillside, facing the wind.

Seabirds left the sea for a freshwater bath

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An illustrated route between two separate waters, freshwater on the left and sea on the right. The upper arrow and birds point left into the loch; the lower arrow and birds point right back to sea. Foreground gulls shake off water in flight and preen on a hillside. These seabirds left the sea to take a freshwater bath. Loch Clift, Unst In to wash Freshwater bath Sea Back to sea After the bath: a shake in flight, then a hillside preen.

Seabirds left the sea for a freshwater bath

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