another less than exciting day on the Lincs coast with 4 Pied Flycatchers the best of the dire bushes while the sea was typically very quiet but at one point three skuas came north well out then suddenly turned and flew inland and over the beach where they all landed but at least 600m away; one got up and one of the remaining two mobbed it briefly clearly showing the size difference of Artic and Long-tailed Skuas; the adult Arctic headed off out to sea but the two juvenile Long-tails sat down again then as I got a bit nearer they flew down the beach but landed again picking at debris on the beach; before I could get any reasonable distance they then picked up and headed out to sea briefly being mobbed by a Sandwich Tern; both dark morph birds but one clearly better patterned than the other darker bird -- poor distant shots but nice bird ion what seems to have been a good breeding season for Long-tails
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