Skuas are large sea birds that have a talent for poaching eggs. Go along for the ride as a skua grabs what it thinks is a penguin egg, but is really a hidden ‘spy camera’. (skuas squawking) - ...

Swooping towards the ground with its wings outstretched, this Skua was captured as it prepared to strike with deadly precision. The predatory bird was seen biding its time before it dived towards a ...

The number of Falkland Islands skua has declined by almost half in just five years, a survey of the bird's largest breeding ground reveals. It is unclear why the population has crashed on New Island, ...

(1) A population of long-tailed skuas in a low alpine heath in northern Sweden was studied from 1967 to 1975. The main prey, microtine rodents, showed three population peaks, in 1967, 1970 and 1974.

Aggressive and with a tendency to launch savage attacks on its feathered friends, stealing their food and sometimes eating them, has earned the great skua has earned the nickname Pirate of the Seas.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract (1) The data for the first breeding attempts of 160 pairs of arctic skuas, and breeding data for birds of known age, were analysed. (2) Pairs ...

Avian flu affecting the remote St Kilda archipelago threatens to push a wild bird species to the brink of extinction, warn conservationists. Great skua - also known as bonxie - are described as ...

Great skuas steal other birds' food and can prey on smaller creatures like puffins A powerful bird known as the pirate of the seas has declined dramatically because of avian flu, the RSPB says. Great ...

A gannet's tussle with a great skua over the Moray Firth has been recorded in a series of photographs. The skua, a brown-coloured seabird also known as a bonxie and with a fearsome reputation for ...