Monday 7 September 2009

Skua drama ! Hamnavoe Bay, Orkney

In Hamnavoe Bay via the ferry crossing (Scrabster, Caithness - Stromness, West Mainland, Orkney) the drama and spectacle unfolded as great skuas Stercorarius skua chased, harassed and bullied the (Northern) gannets Morus bassanus in an attempt to induce the latter into disgorging their crops.
Morus Bassanus
Stercorarius skua
With a big nod to The Lizard Naturally Blog 15th June 2009
Photographs courtesy Alison Hogan

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