Resident with camera

By Lawrie

Bonxie

This is a Bonxie, a Great Skua. One of my favourite birds. It's eating what might be a dead juvenile gull. They are the great survivors. The name Bonxie is a Shetland name, and Skua is a Faroese word. Americans (I believe) call them Jaeger, a German word for hunter.

I was going to go for a cute blip - but...

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