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Manx Shearwaters

10,000 Birds

As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents and left to fend for itself. After mating, a single egg is laid and incubation duties are shared by both parents. You have got to admire the Manx Shearwater. While one bird sits, its mate feeds out at sea for a week or so.