Black Terns were again present at Little Marlow GP this morning. A party of ten were seen to fly in by Adam Bassett. Then an Arctic Tern dropped in,plus Greenshank and Dunlin. I could not get there early on but arrived about 11:00. The migrating Terns were still present and mainly flying over the eastern side of the lake with a few Black Terns occasionally perching on dead wood just off the sand spit.
Very dull conditions with rain at times did not help photography!
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| Half of the flock of Black Terns resting on this dead branch. |
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| Black Tern |
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| Black Tern picking something from the water surface. |
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| Arctic Tern |
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Common Tern - One of several in with the Arctics, just to confuse matters!
It certainly confused me!! |
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Hobby - This individual caused the migrating Terns to bunch
together and rise up from the water (see below) |
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| Black and Arctic Terns rising up in defence against the Hobby. |
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