Skuas & Jaegers in Scotland
Our list for Scotland has 4 skuas & jaegers recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Scotland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Nov
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Oct
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