Little Tern
The Little Tern is the UK's smallest tern. Its vulnerable nesting sites and its decline in Europe make it an "Amber List" species.
Little Terns breed in colonies on coastal sand or shingle beaches and also along rivers and inland lakes. In the UK it is almost entirely a coastal bird and the largest colonies are found along the east and south coast of England at sites such as Blakeney Point and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, Minsmere in Suffolk and Langstone Harbour in Hampshire.
This bird was photographed at the fenced off and protected breeding colony at North Beach, Great Yarmouth. Little terns have nested here with the help of an RSPB/English Nature protection scheme since 1986. There are usually around 200 pairs, about 1 in 10 of the UK population of Britain's second rarest tern.
Date: 14th July 2014
Location: Blakeney Point, Norfolk
Little Terns breed in colonies on coastal sand or shingle beaches and also along rivers and inland lakes. In the UK it is almost entirely a coastal bird and the largest colonies are found along the east and south coast of England at sites such as Blakeney Point and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, Minsmere in Suffolk and Langstone Harbour in Hampshire.
This bird was photographed at the fenced off and protected breeding colony at North Beach, Great Yarmouth. Little terns have nested here with the help of an RSPB/English Nature protection scheme since 1986. There are usually around 200 pairs, about 1 in 10 of the UK population of Britain's second rarest tern.
Date: 14th July 2014
Location: Blakeney Point, Norfolk
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