Skuas & Jaegers in East Lothian
Our list for East Lothian has 4 skuas & jaegers recorded regularly there: 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Lothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusScarceRare48–58 cm
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