Great Skua

Charadriiformes

Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.

Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.

Place: Mull Head, Deerness, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 23 July 2017.

Place: RSPB Hobbister, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 23 July 2017.

[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

Distribution and sightings of the great skua across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).