#CommonTerns
#Seaforth still pulling in the #CommonTerns. Two more from #Hodbarrow and Marsh Lane NR I think. @RingersWm @urbanwildthing @Blackledge68
December 1, 2024 at 9:44 AM
After losing half the population to #HPAI #AvianInfluenza last year, it's great to see the @Lancswildlife #Seaforth #CommonTerns doing so well this year. Multiple broods of 2-3 chicks on the tern island plus others on the rafts. First fledged birds from elsewhere seen today too.
November 30, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Sharing a couple of my photos and sketches from monitoring Common Terns this year for #SeabirdSeptember

Summer wouldn't be summer without Seabirds 🌊🐧🪿

#CommonTerns #Seabirds #UKBirding
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Common tern-bonanza during the weekend in Stockholm <3. The new golden bridge at Slussen provides a strange background.

#urbanbirds #urbanbirding #commonterns #terns
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Common tern chick on The Skerries off Anglesey, Wales #birds #terns #commonterns #irishsea #theskerries #northwales #RSPB #seabirds #wales #anglesey
August 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Reminder of today's @egioxford seminar from Sandra Bouwhuis @CommonTerns - at 3.30 pm in Mansfield Rd Seminar Room @OxfordBiology - details of how to view online available below
First @egioxford seminar this term will be given by Sandra Bouwhuis @CommonTerns @ifv_whv on "Terns in Times of Change: How mercury pollution, climate change and avian influenza threaten an indicator species" 3.30pm on 27 Jan Mansfield Rd Seminar Room @OxfordBiology - all welcome
November 22, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Lovely having Sandra Bouwhuis over to talk about ⁦@CommonTerns⁩ at today’s ⁦@egioxford⁩ seminar. Great long term study with much relevance for current challenges to wild bird populations
November 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
A juvenile Tern flies in yelling, “FEED ME!” 😤
The incessant crying is too much! 🫣
See next post for part 2.

#birds #commonterns #birdsareawesome
August 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Positive seabird news. 👇 Lots of fledged #CommonTerns at #Seaforth now with more to come still off the rafts. Some chicks are so well fed they can barely stand! Anyone know what the fish is? @bikingecologist @RoseateTernLIFE @leighlock1 @BillyBloodworm
December 1, 2024 at 6:23 AM
First @egioxford seminar this term will be given by Sandra Bouwhuis @CommonTerns @ifv_whv on "Terns in Times of Change: How mercury pollution, climate change and avian influenza threaten an indicator species" 3.30pm on 27 Jan Mansfield Rd Seminar Room @OxfordBiology - all welcome
November 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Some much needed positive seabird news. 👇 The @Lancswildlife #Seaforth #CommonTerns are having a good year and remain free of any signs of #AvianInfluenza #BirdFlu. First three chicks have fledged with plenty on the new island and tern rafts not far behind them. #RSPBEcology
December 1, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Survivors! 💪 #CommonTerns have been through the ringer over the past two years so great to see these guys settling down on the rafts and tern island at @Lancswildlife #Seaforth. Here's hoping for a #HPAI #AvianInfluenza-free 2024.
November 30, 2024 at 3:49 PM
These heroic #CommonTerns fill me with joy. Over 200 killed by #HPAI #BirdFlu #AvianInfluenza @Lancswildlife #Seaforth this spring yet the survivors are doing their absolute best to keep the population going. 💪💚
November 30, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Highlights from a sunny @Lancswildlife #Seaforth today were 2 #RedKites and a stratospheric #MarshHarrier over, boss numbers of #waders and a welcome increase in #CommonTerns, all of which are healthy 🙌 with the first chunky chicks adding to the joyous racket.
November 30, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Despite the #AvianInfluenza horrors #CommonTerns have faced locally, great to see the survivors and their offspring doing well. Lots of fledged juveniles at @Lancswildlife #Seaforth currently from both on and off site inc this beauty rung as a chick on 17 June at #ConderGreen
November 30, 2024 at 10:28 PM
The #Seaforth #CommonTerns were badly hit by #HPAI in 2023 with likely half the adult breeding population lost to the disease. But with bumper productivity last year and lots of chicks this year the colony is starting to recover very well. Current scenes are an absolute joy. 🥰 #terns #seabirds
June 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Bird research opportunities - from PhD through postdoc to permanent positions - at the Institute for Avian Research at Wilhelmshaven @ifv_whv - opportunity to work with the excellent scientific leaders behind @CommonTerns @GenMig
November 23, 2024 at 12:39 PM
On #WomenInScience day, gratitude to the amazing scientists I've worked with over the years: @AnneCharmantier @fishtiaq @GenMig @MartaSzulkin @CarolineIsak @camillahinde @CommonTerns @AMennerat @EllaFCole @LucyMAplin @KristinaBeck_ @ce_regan @QvarnstromLab @clarepandrews 1/n
November 23, 2024 at 6:54 AM
This four year old (ringed as a chick on #CoquetIsland) #RoseateTern was performing brilliantly at #Seaforth on Saturday, calling its head off, display flighting and trying to impress the local #CommonTerns by offering fish. What I would give for it to be joined by another.... 🙏 #seabirds #terns
May 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#CommonTerns the sun and a fish.

#vogelflausch
November 14, 2023 at 8:26 PM
Relatively quiet at #Lodmoor, #Weymouth today. Lots of shouting #Cettis, #Chiffchaffs, #ReedWarblers though. Also #CommonTerns, #CommonSandpiper, #MarshHarrier & some #Shelducklings! Also a gorgeous misty morning. #UKBirding
May 17, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Spent a couple of happy hours mooching about #Lodmoor today (in sunshine!). Plenty of #CommonTerns (& young), #MedGulls, #Blackwits, #Blackheadedgulls #Lapwings #Greenshank, #Redshank, #Oycs & chicks #RSPBWeymouthWetlands #UKBirding
July 11, 2024 at 5:02 PM