GREAT SKUA
There are 13 records of Great Skua in Greater Manchester involving 14 individuals.
Two birds at Pennington Flash during October 1966 were remarkably tame and when approached too closely would apparently fly towards, rather than away from the observers, notably fishermen.
The longest staying individual, at Pennington Flash in August 1971, lasted some 10 days before it's departure.
| 1966 | Pennington Flash | 12th Oct | ||
| 1966 | Pennington Flash | 15th Oct | One of these two October 1966 birds stayed until the 18th Oct | |
| 1968 | Pennington Flash | 2nd-13th Oct | ||
| 1971 | Pennington Flash | 13th Aug | Two birds, stayed until 19th Sep and the other until 23rd Sep | |
| 1978 | Pennington Flash | 14th Sep | ||
| 1985 | Audenshaw Resr | 3rd-4th Oct | ||
| 1985 | Audenshaw Resr | 22nd Nov | ||
| 1985 | Pennington Flash | 29th Aug | ||
| 1985 | Scotman's Flash | 6th Nov | ||
| 1991 | Pennington Flash | 17th Oct | Stormy weather conditions accounted for the arrival of this species | |
| 1997 | Pennington Flash | 20th Sep | ||
| 1999 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 13th Aug | An adult moulting it's inner primaries spent most of the day here then left north-west | |
| 2005 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 9th Apr | ||