Common tern colony breeding on manmade platform
Flight Common tern
Common terns arrive in the UK from their wintering grounds in April, and leave our shores again in August or September.
Common tern colonies usually number around 2,000 birds, but can be as large as 20,000
Common tern is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions
Its' raining Common tern
Bird facts
Scientific name: Sterna hirundo
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing) Encyclopedia of Life
Mass: 120 g Encyclopedia of Life
Length: 37 cm Encyclopedia of Life
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
