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23 December 1938. First flight of the Blackburn B-25 Roc, British Fleet Air Arm two-seat fighter/dive bomber aeroplane, development of the Skua dive bomber using the same turret fighter concept as the Boulton Paul Defiant.
Saturday Artwork.
Today, it's a work by artist Chris Golds, entitled 'First Kill' portraying a Blackburn Skua, the first occasion a British aircraft brought down a German aircraft, a Dornier Do 18, in WW 2. This has since been changed, to give an RAF Fairey Battle this accolade!
What’s on the studio table today- Arctic Skua on a map of Shetland and surrounding waters, still a bit of work to do but the afternoon light was working its magic on it🌞thanks to @david_gange for the suggestion.
Berry Hd 1520-1620. Arrived to catch dramatic 180 deg shift in the wind (SSW-NNE) - doesn't happen often! Very few birds on the clearance: Pomarine Skua juv, 2 Bonxies, Arctic Skua ad and a distant skua sp. This Little Auk was just off the platform but vanished when wind changed.
Wasn't expecting that this morning, superb ad Arctic Skua beating up the waders on local patch on Colne estuary below Wivenhoe, headed off up river @EssexBirdNews @RareBirdAlertUK @RSPBEssex @swlanaturaleye @_BTO
Decided to paint Great Skua and Gannet off Shetland, as I failed to get a decent photo of either throughout the whole of the trip.
Great skua (Z0281) #bird #birding #UlfAndersson20jul19 #sketching #paintings #painting #birders #animals
Really chuffed to spot this Pomarine Skua off the coast of the island today,a lifer for myself and a first record of the bird for the Isle of Bute 😁 #ilovebute #birding
so today I heard of the #魔女集会で会いましょう tag... and I realised it fit my OCs, mishkin and skua, so! here they are. they're very good kids.
Great Skua still at Westport Lake, it has just taken an absolute pounding off the local Mute Swan pair.
Skua . View more on https://t.co/7Z1esp80VD #art #drawing #sketch #illustration #artmagenta