South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
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Saunders, H, 1893
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South Polar Skua - Britain © Finley Hutchinson
South Polar Skua - Britain © Finley Hutchinson
South Polar Skua - Antarctica © Hugh Venables
South Polar Skua - Antarctica © Matt Jones
South Polar Skua - Antigua and Barbuda © Sue Knight
South Polar Skua - Antarctica © Roger Harper
Publish date: 02/08/2023
Arguably the best few days of seabirding ever witnessed in Britain culminated in a monster find for Bob Flood and the Scilly Pelagics team.
Publish date: 12/12/2011
Birds move north in both the Pacific and Atlantic, a new study shows.
Publish date: 22/07/2019
A marine survey resulted in a dream come true for Paul Connaughton, who discovered a first for Irish waters.
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