Skuas & Jaegers in Highland
Our list for Highland has 4 skuas & jaegers recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Highland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Sep
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