News broke of an adult Long-tailed Skua in the Mayfield Valley, Sheffield, on Thursday. At first, it seemed like it would be a fly-through, with just one observer catching up with it. Thankfully, however, it hung around on Friday, and was reported again this morning.
I popped across, and eventually found it hunkered down in a field, sheltering from the 40mph winds and horizontal rain and hail! It spent most of the hour and a half I was there, sitting tight, with just one, very brief moment to stand up, stretch its wings and sit back down again.
Thankfully, I managed a couple of have decent photos, which is always nice for a LIFER!!
Long-tailed Skua
Year List update:
63 - Long-tailed Skua (lifer)
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