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Apr 26, 2024 · The great skua, aka bonxie, has a wide distribution throughout the central and northern Atlantic Ocean. They can be spotted out at sea and off the coasts of Nor
Feb 15, 2024 · Great Skua Pirate Of The SeaA big thanks to Purple Planet for musicMusic: https://www.purple-planet.com
Sep 3, 2024 · Five seabird species have been added to the UK red list of birds at most need of conservation, joining others such as the puffin. The new entries include the Arctic tern, known for its incredible...
Aug 5, 2024 · Bonxie! The third-summer Yellow-legged Gull is still frequenting the recycling centre. A Great Skua was a hugely welcome sighting as it powered into a feeding Gannet flock around 0710 this morning.
Sep 2, 2024 · Our largest gull, the Greater Black-Backed, also down 50%. The Bonxie – Great Skua – badly hit by Bird Flu so joining the list.
Aug 9, 2024 · The Bonxie (a moulting adult) showed warmer tones and creamier blazes (which appeared worn). Structurally the differences were subtle but the Bonxie appeared proportionally longer winged, slightly bigger and generally stouter or more robust.
Jan 30, 2024 · Sitting on a clifftop watching a bonxie (great skua) knock a gannet clean out of the sky so it can nick its lunch is like climbing into a nature documentary voiced by Sir David Attenborough. It’s certainly no coincidence that the great documentarian’s last nature series featured Shetland’s orcas.
Dec 18, 2023 · THE IMPACT of the 2022 avian flu outbreak is still being felt in the bonxie and gannet populations at Shetland’s two nature reserves, despite only one new case this year. A census carried out this year showed bonxies were down by 85 per cent at Noss and 78 per cent in Hermaness in Unst, compared to 2018.
Dec 15, 2023 · Day 21 - Great Skua, aka Bonxie Always a popular species to photograph due to its wide range of behaviors and approachability. However recently there's been a huge decline due to bird flu,...
Nov 21, 2023 · The great skua, or bonxie, is a real villain. I have seen it raid auk colonies on steep cliffs for guillemot chicks. I once saw a bonxie take a small rat from Lerwick harbour in Shetland and swallow it whole. Arctic skuas are more elegant! They are serious kleptoparasites of sea terns.
