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Birds seen on sea-cliffs and rocky islands in the UK: Great Skua |
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Association for the Study of
Animal Behaviour - Great Skua
http://asab.icapb.ed.ac.uk/exercises/alevel/great_skua_divorce.html Peruse visual description of the great skua plus results of investigation into behaviour on remote Scottish island. Identifies eleven areas of unusual behaviour patterns. |
| Berks Birds - 2004 QMR Great
Skua, The
http://www.berksbirds.co.uk/articles/great_skua_qmr_sep_04.asp Review article recording the great excitement about first sighting of great skua in UK county for nearly twenty years. Also view colour photograph of species on water. |
| BTO - Great Skua, Stercorarius
skua http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob5690.htm Check out fact file written by the British Trust for Ornithology about huge sea bird with wing span up to 136 cm. Contains data on habitat, distribution, and breeding. |
| Cliff Buckon - Great Skua http://homepage.virgin.net/cliff.buckton/Birding/World/Grskua.htm Browse side-profile colour image of great skua perched on a rock photographed in Norway. Records exact location in Norway plus date. |
| Isle of Man Birding - Great
Skua, Catharacta skua
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/pages/bonxie.htm Ornithology club on island in Irish Sea publishes time of year plus vantage point to sight the great skua. View two colour images of species in flight. |
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Isle of Man Birding - Great Skua
by Chris
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/Great%20Skua030904b.htm Scan colour photograph, taken on remote UK island, of this massive bird in flight and learn about the precise shape of wings and tail configuration. |
| JNCC: Seabird 2000 - Great
Skua, Stercorarius skua http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2879/ Review condensed report from Joint Nature Conservation Committee into very large sea bird that is known to attack humans. Study background to report and results. |
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Peterborough Bird Club: Annual
Report - Great Skua
http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/skua_great.html Digest field study records from UK bird club that shows no sightings of the great skua over six year period, except one when an extraordinary twenty-five were seen. |
| RSPB - Great Skua, Catharacta
skua http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/g/greatskua/ Gain an insight into the behaviour of huge aggressive sea bird that steals food from other birds. Colour illustration of adult and juvenile in flight, plus distribution map. |
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Tiscali Reference - Great Skua, Stercorarius skua |
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Birds on sea-cliffs & islands in the UK
