A graceful, elegant bird that breeds in the local area. Many people see them and say 'Black-headed Gull', or even worse 'Seagull'! Of course, these people are wrong in so many ways, as I have said before, there is no such bird as a seagull! A bird that will spend its' summer here and then fly south for the winter, either to west Africa or even as far as south of the equator.
Always good to see the arrival of these noisy birds at my local lake.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed Keith, it means summer is around the corner! :)
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So... no Seagull in Jonathan Seagull;') Your Terns images are lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary. Yes, no such bird ;), I do get a bit precious about that one! :)
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I shall look out for these John and hope to get as good shots as this.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Roy, I am sure that you will achieve that very easily.
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Lovely images John. Still waiting for one to fly through my patch.
ReplyDeleteThanks Frank, we have a few locally now, with some taking up territory on some man-made rafts.
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Great photos John. I do like Common Terns. They always remind me of schoolboys whose caps have fallen too far forward. That's when schoolboys wore caps of course ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jan. Don't schoolboys wear caps anymore? It's been so long since I was at school, I am not sure ;)
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I am forever telling people there is no such thing as a 'seagull'!! Lovely tern shots - beautiful birds!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lou Mary! At least I am not the only one! I get quite annoyed when people say 'seagull' and then they don't believe that there is no such bird!
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