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Arctic skua light morph, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) light morph, Foula, with the airfield fire station and terminal building, and mainland Shetland in the background.
30 June 2014
Arctic skua light morph, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) light morph, Foula, showing the large gape of this predatory species, which attacks other birds such as Arctic terns and tries to steal thier food.
30 June 2014
Arctic skua light morph, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) light morph, Foula, showing coloured leg rings which enable the identification of individual birds.
30 June 2014
Arctic skua, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), Foula. The pattern of colour rings enables the identification of individual birds and where and in which year they were hatched, without having to catch them again.
27 June 2014
Arctic skua in flight, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) light morph in flight, Foula. The thin tail streamer typical of Arctic skuas can be seen in this photo.
27 June 2014
Arctic skuas in flight, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skuas (Stercorarius parasiticus) light morph in flight, Foula.
27 June 2014
Arctic skua in flight, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) light morph in flight, Foula. There are relatively few pairs of Arctic skuas compared to he great numbers of Great skuas.
