Common Tern
Taken at Port Seton on 2nd August 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Common Tern

Taken at Port Seton on 24th August 2018 using Nikon D200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File


Taken at Musselburgh on 28th July 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Common Tern

Taken at Ardmore Point on 27th May 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File



Sudden agile turn on spotting some prey

Juvenile 
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 16th October 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Common Tern.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names:
Sterna hirundo
Charadriiformes
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Laridae.
Site Of Nest:
Food:
Plumage:
Nesting Period:
Eggs:
Scrape in the ground.
Dives for sand eels and fish.
Black cap, grey upperparts and below.
May - June. 1 brood.

2 - 4.

Voice: