Great Skua
The Great Skua is an aggressive "pirate" of the seas, deliberately harrassing birds as large as Gannets to steal a free meal. It also readily kills and eats smaller birds such as Puffins.
These birds migrate to the northernmost parts of the UK from their wintering grounds off the coasts of Spain and Africa. They breed on coastal rocky islands and moorland in northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland, arriving in April and leaving in July. At other times they are seen around coasts often in vicinity of seabird colonies, scavenging from other birds or picking food from the surface of the sea.
Date: 3rd June 2010
Location: Handa Island, Highland
These birds migrate to the northernmost parts of the UK from their wintering grounds off the coasts of Spain and Africa. They breed on coastal rocky islands and moorland in northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland, arriving in April and leaving in July. At other times they are seen around coasts often in vicinity of seabird colonies, scavenging from other birds or picking food from the surface of the sea.
Date: 3rd June 2010
Location: Handa Island, Highland
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Also in: Skuas and shearwaters
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