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Image details: |
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Image Description: |
Pomarine Skua |
Image notes: |
This Skua has a meal on Scalloway pier. |
Species in Image: |
Pomarine Skua |
Date: |
1969 |
Area: |
Mainland |
Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01037 |
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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