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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Pomarine Skua in flight |
| Image notes: |
"Off with Krisona looking at skuas. Up to 8 around the boat all day, mainly adults." Diary 26th.Oct. 1985 |
| Species in Image: |
Pomarine Skua |
| Date: |
1985 |
| Area: |
Unst |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01042 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Pomarine Skua |
| Latin Name |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Stercorariidae |
| Common Family Name |
Skuas |
| Description |
A rare passage migrant, they winter off West Africa and flocks are sometimes seen from the West Mainland of Shetland in spring and autumn. |
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