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Long-tailed Skua

Stercorarius longicaudus

Species Account

Extract from Bird Report 1997

A very rare vagrant, with one record in 1997.

A dark phase first-winter bird was located at Stewartby CP on 20th October. It was still present in the morning of the 22nd. Most observers considered that it was a Long-tailed Skua, the long-awaited first county record, though it was an unusually dark individual. However, some observers raised doubts and favoured identification as Arctic Skua. The Rarities Panel have now accepted this record as a Long-tailed Skua and a full account of this decision will appear in the next Bird Report.

Rarity status

Local Rarity

Birding sites where they have been recorded

We have not recorded this bird at any of our birding sites yet.

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