BIRDING

 

 

SOUTH

 

 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

GREAT SKUA

Stercorarius skua

 


 

Great Skua | Paul Bowerman

 

J F M A M J J A S O N D

 

All time monthly totals since the first documented reference - 314

 

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

42

12

8

49

49

34

5

11

25

22

32

26

 

RECORDS

 

2024

EARLIEST: September 8th from Oldbury Power Station. LATEST: September 12th over Northwick Warth. HIGHEST COUNT: One on all dates.

History

The first documented reference to Great Skua in South Gloucestershire was of one over the Severn Estuary viewed from the S. Glos section of Chittening Warth on May 14th 1973. Great Skua have been reported in all months. The earliest was noted on January 3rd 1988 from New Passage, the latest on December 31st 1983 on Severnside and the highest count is seven (7) on January 4th 1998 on Severnside. Severnside refers to the Severn Estuary including Chittening Warth, Severn Beach, New Passage, Northwick Warth and Aust Warth.

 

First records from other sites are: An immature from Oldbury Power Station on September 24th 1984 and a juvenile from Littleton Warth on September 22nd 2013.

 


 

 

 

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