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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at St Monance (Fife)

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Taken: Fri, 31 Jul 2026

St Monance (Fife)

Uploaded: Thu, 01 Oct 2026

Very distant!

Photo: Davie Abraham

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

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Taken: Wed, 15 Oct 2025

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Wed, 15 Oct 2025

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Sun, 17 Aug 2025

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sun, 17 Aug 2025

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Mon, 04 Aug 2025

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 05 Aug 2025

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Fri, 30 Aug 2024

Photo: Glyn Sellors

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Great Skua

Taken: Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Fri, 30 Aug 2024

Photo: Glyn Sellors

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Great Skua

Taken: Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Fri, 30 Aug 2024

Photo: Glyn Sellors

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 17 Aug 2024

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sat, 17 Aug 2024

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 17 Aug 2024

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sat, 17 Aug 2024

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Sun, 20 Aug 2023

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sun, 20 Aug 2023

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Hoylake (Cheshire and Wirral)

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Taken: Wed, 06 Oct 2021

Hoylake (Cheshire and Wirral)

Uploaded: Thu, 07 Oct 2021

Photo: Mark Woodhead

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Great Skua

Taken: Mon, 23 Aug 2021

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 24 Aug 2021

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Mon, 23 Aug 2021

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 24 Aug 2021

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 21 Aug 2021

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sat, 21 Aug 2021

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Winterton-on-Sea (Norfolk)

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Taken: Mon, 07 Jun 2021

Winterton-on-Sea (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Wed, 09 Jun 2021

Only had my mobile so not very good image. Bird was on sand bar until tide flushed it off.

Photo: Dave Burns

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Willington (Derbyshire)

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Taken: Fri, 02 Apr 2021

Willington (Derbyshire)

Uploaded: Mon, 05 Apr 2021

Photo: Tony Davison

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Great Skua

Taken: Fri, 02 Apr 2021

Willington (Derbyshire)

Uploaded: Mon, 05 Apr 2021

Photo: Tony Davison

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Great Skua

Taken: Fri, 02 Apr 2021

Willington (Derbyshire)

Uploaded: Mon, 05 Apr 2021

Photo: Tony Davison

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

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Taken: Dec 2020

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 29 Dec 2020

More pics on my blog https://scillyspider2.wordpress.com/

Photo: Kris Webb

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Great Skua

Taken: Wed, 26 Aug 2020

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Wed, 26 Aug 2020

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Bartley Reservoir (West Midlands)

All the RBA news reports of the Great Skua at Bartley Reservoir (West Midlands)

Taken: Sat, 05 Oct 2019

Bartley Reservoir (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Sat, 05 Oct 2019

Photo: Ivan Sansom

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Great Skua

juvenile

Taken: Sun, 29 Sep 2019

Bartley Reservoir (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Sun, 29 Sep 2019

Juvenile as seen by more white on wings.

Photo: David Harris

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 28 Sep 2019

Bartley Reservoir (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Sat, 28 Sep 2019

Photo: Gaz Robinson

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 28 Sep 2019

Bartley Reservoir (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Sat, 28 Sep 2019

Photo: Gaz Robinson

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 28 Sep 2019

Bartley Reservoir (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Sat, 28 Sep 2019

Photo: Gaz Robinson

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 17 Aug 2019

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 20 Aug 2019

richardtyler.zenfolio.com

Photo: Richard Tyler

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 10 Aug 2019

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Wed, 14 Aug 2019

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at St Ninian's Isle (Shetland)

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Taken: Sat, 04 May 2019

St Ninian's Isle (Shetland)

Uploaded: Wed, 08 May 2019

Photo: Brian Henderson

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Great Skua

Taken: Sat, 04 May 2019

St Ninian's Isle (Shetland)

Uploaded: Wed, 08 May 2019

Photo: Brian Henderson

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Sumburgh (Shetland)

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Taken: Mon, 29 Apr 2019

Sumburgh (Shetland)

Uploaded: Wed, 08 May 2019

Sumburgh Head.

Photo: Brian Henderson

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Sywell (Northamptonshire)

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Taken: Tue, 16 Oct 2018

Sywell (Northamptonshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 16 Oct 2018

Photo: Leslie Fox

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Great Skua

Taken: Tue, 16 Oct 2018

Sywell (Northamptonshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 16 Oct 2018

Photo: Leslie Fox

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Cley next the Sea (Norfolk)

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juvenile

Taken: Mon, 24 Sep 2018

Cley next the Sea (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 25 Sep 2018

Photo: Sean Nixon

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Great Skua

Taken: Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Skua

Taken: Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Photo: Joe Pender

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Great Skua

Taken: Thu, 14 Sep 2017

Cley next the Sea (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 15 Sep 2017

Photo: Sean Nixon

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Ardmair (Highland and Caithness)

All the RBA news reports of the Great Skua at Ardmair (Highland and Caithness)

Taken: Sat, 02 Sep 2017

Ardmair (Highland and Caithness)

Uploaded: Sun, 03 Sep 2017

Great Skua harassing gulls on Ardmair beach. 10:30am Saturday 2nd September 2017.

Photo: David Bowden

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Great Skua

Upload a photo of the Great Skua at Minsmere RSPB (Suffolk)

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Taken: Mon, 28 Aug 2017

Minsmere RSPB (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 28 Aug 2017

Photo: Sean Nixon

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Great Skua

Taken: Mon, 14 Aug 2017

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Fri, 18 Aug 2017

Photo: Richard Stonier

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