Storm Petrels
Mousa Broch is well known among birders for its breeding European Storm-petrels, which are best seen after dark on partly or on completely overcast summer nights. The island holds c.6,800 breeding pairs in total, representing about 8% of the British population and about 2.6% of the world population. Some of these birds nest in burrows within the broch itself.
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