Guillemot egg

Will Miles, SOTEAG’s seabird monitor, managed to capture footage of a guillemot laying an egg at Sumburgh Head on the 14th May 2024.

This fantastic footage was shown on Spring Watch this year! If you would like to see Will’s footage on Spring Watch, it is on iPlayer ‘Spring Watch – Episode 6 – from 4 minutes and 10 seconds until 6 minutes. On here you will see a short clip of Will’s footage, and find out a few facts about guillemot eggs.

If you would like to view the full footage that Will Miles captured, then head to SOTEAG’s YouTube page, and watch the video titled ‘Guillemot egg’.