Box containing glass slides showing gannets at Bass Rock

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MS. 15668 Photogr. 1

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Comprises glass slides

Dates

Creation: [c. 1926]

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 15668 Photogr. 1].

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Shelfmark:

MS. 15668 Photogr. 1

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 15668

Additional Description

Abstract

Glass slides showing gannets at Bass Rock

Biographical / Historical

Bass Rock is an island 2.5 miles offshore from North Berwick, and is home to a large colony of gannets. In the late 1980s a local businessman came up with the idea of using technology as a non-invasive way of observing the birds from shore, an idea which developed into the Scottish Seabird Centre, which was opened in 2000.