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Stack Rocks - Pembrokeshire
Stack Rocks or Elegug Stacks / Elegug comes from Heligog - guillemot in Welsh .
A Stack is formed, when an arch collapses , leaving its supporting pillars .
An important breeding site for thousands of Guillemots ( May- Mid July ) / Razorbills lower down the stack / a few Kittiwakes / Gulls .
Seabirds - Cormorants , Fulmar, various gulls, etc. - are also on nearby cliffs / the Stack of the Green Bridge / The Cauldron ( Flimston Castle ) .Choughs also breed along this section of coast.
Guillemots and Razorbills, are very obvious on the cliffs from early May until late July, although both make sporadic visits, normally during spells of settled weather, from early winter onwards. The chicks remain ashore for no more than 21 days after hatching. Better for the chicks to complete their fledging at sea than in the jostling cliff communes / 1.8 / 7069 / SR 926.945
The Green Bridge of Wales is nearby.
Stack Rocks - Pembrokeshire
Stack Rocks or Elegug Stacks / Elegug comes from Heligog - guillemot in Welsh .
A Stack is formed, when an arch collapses , leaving its supporting pillars .
An important breeding site for thousands of Guillemots ( May- Mid July ) / Razorbills lower down the stack / a few Kittiwakes / Gulls .
Seabirds - Cormorants , Fulmar, various gulls, etc. - are also on nearby cliffs / the Stack of the Green Bridge / The Cauldron ( Flimston Castle ) .Choughs also breed along this section of coast.
Guillemots and Razorbills, are very obvious on the cliffs from early May until late July, although both make sporadic visits, normally during spells of settled weather, from early winter onwards. The chicks remain ashore for no more than 21 days after hatching. Better for the chicks to complete their fledging at sea than in the jostling cliff communes / 1.8 / 7069 / SR 926.945
The Green Bridge of Wales is nearby.