ostrea Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) While out working with the boat today we noticed a Seagull being attacked by another bird on a sandbank eventually killed the seagull and spent the next hour and a half eating it! Through binoculars we watched him and could not fathom out what the bird was did not look like a bird of pray and had white flashes under the wings. Good old google search tonight I found the culprit to be a Great Skua, never seen one before here in the Menai straits N Wales seems a very aggressive sea bird. Edited May 21, 2013 by ostrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 i think you will find it is a great SKUA not a SKOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Bet the seagull didnt think it was so great :no: he got skewered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostrea Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 i think you will find it is a great SKUA not a SKOA Thank's unfortunately I can't edit the topic headline! It's a shame it was to far away to get a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostrea Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Bet the seagull didnt think it was so great :no: he got skewered Seagull was definitely skewered, plenty of other seagulls where mobbing it at the time but but the skua was not bothered at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Have a pic on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Common behaviour it would appear...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Skua Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 title edited for you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostrea Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 title edited for you.. Thank's Beardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Saw one while fishing in north wales 5 years back, at porth lago it was unsuccesfull on the seagull front, has iwas watching it while spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy.plinker Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Great Skua, called a 'Bonxie' up here and they almost rule the skies.They kill a serious amount of chicks, eggs ,vulnerable lambs,other birds many of which are struggling in numbers but they're also heavily protected regardless of what they're doing to Terns etc. I see them a lot at work and they're ruthless killing machines 'awesome' in a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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