The spring passage of the Pomarine Skua onBritish and Irish coasts

This paper describes the present status of the Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus in Britain and Ireland in spring. The status of this species has apparently changed in the last decade; once a rarity in spring, it now occurs regularly in good numbers at Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, and at various localities along the Channel coast of England. The Pomarine Skua does not breed as far south as the

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