The extinct and the extant (for now)

#OddCouples for today's #BirdOfTheDay

Great auk vs Great skua (Bonxie)

Skua = Auks backwards.

#Papay #Orkney #Bonxie

#Migration on with our #redthroateddiver back on our lochs, #sanderlings and #turnstones feeding on mudflats #shetland #birds #naturediaries . I hear the first #bonxie back in Foula. ✨

Memory of some birds & seals of my travels through the #OuterHebrides .. with really shit camera 😊..
#Eiderducks #Bonxie + my head's close encounter with #ArcticTerns and face-to-face with two curious #HarbourSeals #Seabirds #Nature

Getting to the #core of reconstructing #broch landscapes! Previous attempt turned out to be #upperpaleolithic 😱 - this 2.7m was hard fought #bonxie #bogbody ... Next up #14C dates then #pollenanalysis . Thanks to #AEA #smallresearchgrant #ThinkUHI #orkney

Shortly afterwards, this unit caught me unaware and landed a solid slap on the back of me heed with its feet. I was so honoured! Gotta love a #Bonxie #TheGreatSkua #Shetland #SabbaticalLife @BSPOfficial