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    There were two of these and the gulls were going crazy. There was a buzzard which I captured later but thees were more than twice the size of the gulls and their wings are different.
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    Bit confused about this one at the moment Beryl but that doesn't answer your question which is......no not a 'skua'.

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    I captured 4 all together. Couldn't believe the size of them . Never seen one before.
    These are not much different
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    Still can't get to grips with this one Beryl. I'm logging off soon but will be back tomorrow and we really must get to the bottom of this somehow. I think my biggest problem here is size.

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    Well they were about twice the size of a gull . Maybe they were just very larh gulls but they didn't look a bit like gulls

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    Got it. It's a great black-back gull

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