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Birds seen on seashores in the UK: Common Tern |
| Ashley Crombet-Beolens -
Common Tern, Sterna hirundo
http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries/Common_tern/ Browse through set of three colour images and improve ability to recognize the common tern in the field. Offers photographs of the species full-on and side-profile. |
| Buckinghamshire Bird Club -
Common Terns at Little Marlow
http://www.hawfinches.freeserve.co.uk/Tern-Rafts-2002.htm Tells how the repair of raft helped the common terns in their breeding season. Supplies photographs of raft being assembled. |
| Isle of Man Birding - Common
Tern http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/pages/commontern.htm Bird club in UK tells of best months to sight the common tern on small island in Irish Sea. Also gives locations and publishes two colour images. |
| Joint Nature Conservation
Committee - Common Tern, Sterna hirundo http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2895/ Scrutinize study carried out by UK government agency into the health of the common tern in Britain. Provides link to maps and figures, plus wash drawing of pair. |
| Lincolnshire Bird Club -
Common Tern http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/rare_birds/common_tern.htm Scan colour images and get to recognize this smart-looking tern that is quite capable of dive-bombing intruders. See unusual colour to beak and feet. |
| Ribble Estuary, The - Common
Tern http://www.ribble-estuary.co.uk/common%20tern.htm Check out fact file that details numbers of common tern present in UK estuary during the summer months. Also talks about breeding, incubation of eggs, and diet. |
| RSPB - Common Tern, Sterna
hirundo http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/c/commontern/ Read about this viscous silver-grey bird with fact file written by Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Also find colour illustrations of adult and juvenile. |
| Tiscali Reference - Common
Tern, Sterna hirundo
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_common_tern.html Find short entry for bird common to all coastlines of UK. Also describes limited inland sites, visual looks, and fishing techniques. |
| USGS Patuxent Wildlife
Research Centre - Common Tern http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i0700id.html Discover site that provides a range maps and a photo of this bird and its egg. Also offers identification tips. |
| Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust -
London Wetland Centre http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/wetlandcentre/sighting.asp?SightingID=3314/ Wetland reservation near UK capital releases figures for common terns sighted. Also provides Latin name, date species sighted, and exactly where. |
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Birds seen on seashores in the UK
