Common Tern
The Common Tern is a silvery-grey and white sea bird with a black cap, a black tipped red bill, red legs and long tail streamers. It has a buoyant, graceful flight and frequently hovers over water before plunging down for fish.
The Common Tern breeds in colonies along coasts with shingle beaches and rocky islands, on rivers with shingle bars and at inland gravel pits and reservoirs.
The Common Tern occurs throughout the summer, arriving in April and leaving in August and September.
Date: 12th June 2014
Location: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland
The Common Tern breeds in colonies along coasts with shingle beaches and rocky islands, on rivers with shingle bars and at inland gravel pits and reservoirs.
The Common Tern occurs throughout the summer, arriving in April and leaving in August and September.
Date: 12th June 2014
Location: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland
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