The location is also renowned for its population of great skua, a globally rare bird species ... The role's responsibilities encompass monitoring the seabirds, operating a small inflatable ferry ...

The Great Skua is a rare seabird anywhere on the west side of the Atlantic, but one that reliably ventured into the Gulf of Maine after its breeding season. This has been the primary target of our ...

The location is also recognised for its population of great skua, a globally rare bird species ... You will be on hand to monitor the seabirds, operate a small inflatable ferry that travels ...

"Sea birds, they're known to be at particular risk ... cent of the country's breeding population of roseate terns, great skua and gannets. In Antarctica, mass mortality events have been observed ...

AccueilHome; News; Weird & Strange; Seabird falls asleep more than 10,000 times a day “Mini siestas” are common in this ...

Seabirds rely on fish like sand eels ... Image by Richard Crossley, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Leach’s storm petrel and the great skua are two other species newly added to the red list. The ...

Dr Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey ... The giant petrel and brown skua are the probable vectors that introduced bird flu to the island. These birds spend part of ...

What do we have? Well, Scotland is a mecca for the world’s seabirds. From the spectacular and riotous gannet colonies to the colourful and cute puffins nesting in their burrows, we are fortunate ...

We may fish for a living, but seabirds represent a more literal definition of the expression. The most common birds we see, and generally the species that I heard most about in my conversations with ...

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