Common Tern
Taken at
Port Seton
on 2nd August 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken at
Port Seton
on 24th August 2018 using Nikon D200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken at
Musselburgh
on 28th July 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken at
Ardmore Point
on 27th May 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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.
Common Tern.
Species
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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.
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