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Ardersier - Arctic Skua overhead.jpg
I'd had a "moment" when I watched what I thought was a dark tern among all the other Terns, then it almost flew into me while chasing a tern with a catch!
Habitat
coastal, Moray Firth
Location
Ardersier, Highland, Scotland
Date taken
August 7th 2023
Scientific name
Stercorarius parasiticus
Equipment used
Nikon Z50, Sigma 150-600mm
Nice capture. This one looks like an Arctic Skua to me, though. A Great Skua (Bonxie) would look fatter and lack the tail streamers.
 
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A terrific flight picture you have of the Arctic Skua Scoz - skuas do love to dive-bomb you don't they!!! LOL

I see you've re-named the picture, well done, as I agree too (though it's a long time since I've see one LOL).... but you need to change the Tag (click on the luggage label to edit them, then on the x for the Great Skua tag, which deletes it.
 

Media information

Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
Scozmos
Date added
View count
321
Comment count
6

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 50
Aperture
ƒ/8
Focal length
440.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600 second(s)
ISO
200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
20230807 - Ardersier - Bonxie overhead.jpg
File size
1.5 MB
Date taken
Mon, 07 August 2023 10:05 AM
Dimensions
3000px x 2163px

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