Aberdeenshire
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| Area | 6313 |
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| Population | 261,800 (2017) |
| Points of interest | Dunnottar Castle |
| Balmoral Castle | |
| Cairn Gorm | |
| Did you know | Aberdeenshire is the sixth-most-populous Scottish council area by population (261,800). |
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| ID | 908237 |
About Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire council area includes all of the area of the historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, as well as part of Banffshire.
UK braced for more disruption from snow and ice
... 3 Celsius (15F) seen at Braemar, Aberdeenshire...
Snow blankets Scotland as drivers urged to take care
... At the time, more than 150 schools and nurseries across Scotland were closed due to snow, including almost 100 in Aberdeenshire...
Baby ray grown in sandwich bag at Aberdeenshire aquarium
...Frazer Mackay may have saved the young thornback ray A young thornback ray has been saved at Macduff Marine Aquarium in Aberdeenshire - after being allowed to grow in a sandwich bag...
Baby ray grown in sandwich bag at Aberdeenshire aquarium
Frazer Mackay may have saved the young thornback ray
A young thornback ray has been saved at Macduff Marine Aquarium in Aberdeenshire - After being allowed to grow in a sandwich bag.
The ray was trapped in its egg case - known as a mermaid's purse - and would have died.
Aquarium employee Frazer Mackay peeled open the case and put the ray, still at the embryo stage, in the bag.
The ray is now a month old and the aquarium said it is "thriving" in the sandwich bag in a quarantine tank.
Mr Mackay said: "This one's been quite lucky. I actually found it while I was clearing out the tank.
"All The Others had hatched and I was removing the empty egg cases.
"I picked up this one and I gave it a bit of a squish to get all the air out, and it didn't squish so I peeled it open and saw there was still a Baby Ray inside it. The purse was closed so I assumed it was empty. "
He added: "I peeled it out from The Egg case and passed it into the poly pocket and it started wriggling and doing its Thing - and it was actually alive which was big sigh of Relief . "
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Source of news: bbc.com
