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A Pomarine Skua amongst gulls
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Image details:  
Image Description: A Pomarine Skua amongst gulls
Image notes: Photographed from the Krisona, a fishing boat from Yell, fishing near Unst. 
Species in Image: Kittiwake, Great Black-backed Gull, Pomarine Skua
Date: 1985,26th.Oct.
Area: Unst
Old Haa Image Reference Number: btc00995

General details:  
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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