Great Skua

Great Skua

Stercorarius skua

Insufficient data
overall probability at Cairngorms National Park

Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park

Parasitic Jaeger
LC

Parasitic Jaeger

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Stercorarius parasiticus

Insufficient data
European Oystercatcher
NT

European Oystercatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haematopus ostralegus

30–40% · Possible
Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

30–40% · Possible
Common Gull
LC

Common Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus canus

30–40% · Possible
Northern Lapwing
NT

Northern Lapwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Vanellus vanellus

20–30% · Possible
Eurasian Curlew
NT

Eurasian Curlew

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius arquata

20–30% · Possible
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

20–30% · Possible
European Herring Gull
LC

European Herring Gull

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Larus argentatus

10–20% · With luck
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

10–20% · With luck
Common Snipe
LC

Common Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago gallinago

0–10% · With luck
Lesser Black-backed Gull
LC

Lesser Black-backed Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus fuscus

0–10% · With luck
European Golden Plover
LC

European Golden Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pluvialis apricaria

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Great Skua at Cairngorms National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🕐 When They’re Spotted

🕐

Daily activity pattern needs at least 5 timestamped observations in GBIF. Not enough data yet for this species globally.

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
10–20%
2 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
3 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
4 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
5 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
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