PALAVRAS EM INGLÊS RELACIONADAS COM «BONXIE»
bonxie
crossword
marketing
attack
great
skua
large
seabird
family
stercorariidae
name
believed
originate
from
faroese
skúvur
only
known
bird
faroes
which
come
into
regular
scotland
wild
birds
latin
catharacta
scottish
bonxie
fasgadair
tuilleag
meaning
norn
word
bunksi
dumpy
that
picks
oxford
dictionaries
british
world
pronunciation
example
sentences
reference
content
guardian
been
setting
crosswords
since
lives
with
taunton
often
found
somerset
levels
watching
merriam
webster
perhaps
scandinavian
akin
norwegian
bunke
heap
corpulent
woman
body
bunki
pile
more
10 LIVROS EM INGLÊS RELACIONADOS COM «BONXIE»
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bonxie na seguinte seleção bibliográfica. Livros relacionados com
bonxie e pequenos extratos deles para contextualizar o seu uso na literatura.
It subsequently transpired however, that he and a companion had landed in
order to shoot the great skua, or bonxie, as the natives call the bird. At the time
only three pairs were nesting on the island while the colony on I-Ierma Ness in
Unst, ...
2
The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State
A couple of Scoutie Allans came past in chase of a bonxie, who, thinking he
might shake off his persecutors, kept circling round the writer and his guide, and
so close that the smack of the allan's wing as he stooped for the bonxie could be
...
3
The Scots Fiddle: Tunes, Tales & Traditions of the Western ...
Da Bonxie is the Shetland name for the Great Skua. This fearsome predator has
been called the 'pirate of the skies' and is not averse to attacking, killing and
stealing the eggs of other seabirds, particularly kittiwakes and gannets. The
Broch of ...
Her. Bonxie. Boy. After Christmas she went south to spend the cold months in
Portugal, with her friend Alice, as usual. In late March she flew home. She stared
out of the plane window through a gap in the clouds and imagined she could see
...
1 HE visitor to Shetland who is at all interested in birds makes a point of meeting
the bonxie, or great skua, for bonxie is to Shetland as gannet is to Ailsa Craig.
Finding the bonxie isn't any problem. Once you're on the breeding grounds you ...
6
The Conquest of the North Atlantic
It has been remarked that a gradually increasing proportion of the dark variety of
fulmar, and also of the Brunnich guillemot, is to be met with as one reaches the
higher latitudes.88 The great skua, or bonxie, which is a very conspicuous bird, ...
Geoffrey Jules Marcus, 2007
7
Last Places: A Journey in the North
Along the way to Guttorm I watch a raven and a bonxie fight over the afterbirth of
a cow. The bonxie wins. I watch two arctic skuas chase a bonxie with upside-
down, right-side- up pyrotechnics that put me in mind of Ringling Brothers
acrobats.
I have to thank Peter for encouraging me to take a scientific interest in skua
biology by persuading me to sit in :1 hide on a 'Bonxie' club site for several days
on end! Since 1971 I have returned to Foula each year to continue fieldwork with
...
... are immediately put to flight, and receive no intermission of attack till well
driven from the nest ; and if man, bent on sinister purposes, continues to brave
the bonxie's fury, he will seldom accomplish his aim without carrying away marks
of war.
Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, 1822
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Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society
... are immediately put to flight, and receive no intermission of attack till well
driven from the nest ; and if man, bent on sinister purposes, continues to brave
the bonxie's fury, he will seldom accomplish his aim without carrying away marks
of war.
10 NOTÍCIAS NAS QUAIS SE INCLUI O TERMO «BONXIE»
Conheça de que se fala nos meios de comunicação nacionais e internacionais e como se utiliza o termo
bonxie no contexto das seguintes notícias.
Premiere: Stornoway - 'Man On Wire'
A literate, cerebral return, the album taps into singer Dr. Brian Briggs' background as a doctor (PhD) of ornithology; Bonxie is the Hebridean nickname for the ... «Clash Magazine, jun 15»
Sky 'pirates' put puffin at Europe extinction risk
The bonxie might have size and strength on its side, but the puffin is quick and agile – and it has an underground burrow to retreat to. But not ... «Scotsman, jun 15»
The Quay Sessions with Edith Bowman
Stornoway play songs from their new album Bonxie which takes inspiration from singer Brian Briggs love of birds - he's a Dr of Ornithology as ... «BBC News, mai 15»
Oxford folk pop quartet Stornoway to play first ever gig in a nature …
Stornoway, from left, Oli Steadman, Brian Briggs, Rob Steadman and Jon Ouin, with a bonxie, the bird which their album is named after. «Romford Recorder, mai 15»
Stornoway's frontman Brian Briggs on the band's new album Bonxie …
Matters ornithological – and indeed ecological – are particularly pertinent to Stornoway's third album, Bonxie. Named after the sobriquet of ... «The Independent, mai 15»
Forecast looks bright for Stornoway
But now they're back and Oli feels that Bonxie is imbued with a similar sense of excitement and fun as their joyous original record. He feels, too ... «Yorkshire Post, mai 15»
Stornoway, Islington Assembly Hall, review: 'soaring'
The great skua, a chestnut-flecked commander of the Hebridean coastline, is better known as the bonxie – the inspiration behind and title of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, abr 15»
Stornoway rage against the machine
The Bonxie itself, which gives the album its title, is an alternative name for The Great Skua, a migrating visitor to the UK's northern isles known ... «The Argus, abr 15»
Stornoway: Bonxie | Album Review
Stornoway have always infused their songs with references to nature, largely thanks to lead singer Brian Briggs's degree in ornithology. Bonxie ... «Irish Times, abr 15»
ALBUM REVIEW: Stornoway - Bonxie
DESPITE their name, Stornoway hail from Oxford, rather than the Hebridean town, and this is their third album of indie-folk. Initially available via ... «Sunderland Echo, abr 15»
