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Cruagh and uninhabited island see from Omey. The Seabird 2000 survey discovered a new colony of Manx Shearwater - colony size was estimated at 3,286 pairs, which is one of the most important colonies in the country. The absence of previous records due to nesting Manx Shearwater can easily go undetected as the birds nest underground in burrows and visit land only in darkness