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uk birds that burrow.
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Hi , i can only think of 3 uk birds that build there nests in burrows , puffins, sand martins and kingfishers. Are these the only 3 or can someone name anymore.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.skylight mentioned petrels. On the RSPB website it only says Leach's storm-petrel for the UK. They make burrows among rocks and boulders and sometimes in ruined buildings on the offshore islands of N and W Scotland. I don't think it burrows underground like your Puffins, Martins and Kingfishers though fishbait.
Hi again Fishbait Leach's Fork Tailed Petrel . It breeds in numbers on some of the remote islands of NWScotland and of West coast Ireland. Egg is laid in burrow excavated by the male or sometimes in heaps of stones or ruined buildings. The more common Storm Petrel does the same also breeds in S Devon and N Cornwall.
In burrowing the bill is used as a pick and loose earth is kicked out backwards. Skylight
In burrowing the bill is used as a pick and loose earth is kicked out backwards. Skylight
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