Friday, 17 August 2012
Black Terns and more terns !! - Newport
541 terns on the dunes as it became
light, by 6am of these, - 39 Black Terns both adults and juveniles
(50%), only 1 Sandwich Tern a juvenile, a couple of adult Arctic terns
too, the remainder appearing to be Common Terns, mainly adult with very
few juveniles in the flock.
The flock appeared to fly off at c630am.........but... who knows, poor weather all day and very high tides.
Also 5 Sanderling, a few Dunlin and Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank and 1 adult Kittiwake
Also 5 Sanderling, a few Dunlin and Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank and 1 adult Kittiwake
(Karen and Rich D)