Skuas & Jaegers in Suffolk
Our list for Suffolk has 4 skuas & jaegers recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Suffolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made