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**Stu Bacon** @stubacon@mastodonapp.uk · 7h

A Common Tern perched on a post in Mill Pond at Pensthorpe. I was watching it call out for a while, it was only calling when another Tern was swooping nearby.

I missed the picture but the other Tern came and fed it a fish. Not looking like a juvenile I was confused until I watched the first episode of Springwatch that said this was courting behaviour!

A photograph of a Common Tern on top of a post in the middle of a pond

#Bird #Birding #Wildlife

**Stu Bacon** @stubacon@mastodonapp.uk · 6d

Stu Bacon @stubacon@mastodonapp.uk

After the Bittern fly by a Common Tern was up to all sorts of aerobatics by the reception hide.

A photograph of a Common Tern in flight, light brown reeds and green trees are in the background

#Bird #Birding #Wildlife

**Nature with Steve** @NatureWithSteve@mastodon.social · May 16

May 16

Nature with Steve @NatureWithSteve@mastodon.social

It was good to see that the Common Terns had returned to Brandon Marsh by the time I visited at the end of April. I took several photos of this posing pair, only afterwards realising that the male had presented the female with a small fish, in act of ‘courtship feeding.’

Three photos combined in one image, each showing the same long wooden perch in one of the lakes at Brandon Marsh, and each showing a pair of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) in various stages of courtship display and ritual. The terns, gull-like birds, are mostly white in colour, with pale grey wings, black caps, and orange legs and beaks. Their beaks are narrow and pointed, and their forked tails give them the alternative name of 'sea swallows'. In the first photo (top), the female (on the left) is facing the male and 'bowing' while the male, on the right, stands with his head held high. In pic 2, the female is closer to the male, with her beak open; the male has a small fish in his beak. In pic 3 (bottom), the birds are standing next to each other; the male is standing with his neck stretched up and beak pointing upwards, while the female has also raised her head and is holding the fish, provided by the male, in her beak.

#Bird #Birds #CommonTern

**Retro Librarian** @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io · Mar 28

Mar 28

Retro Librarian @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io

1905 Common Tern postcard.
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#CommonTern #Birds #Postcards #Postcard #VintagePostcard #OldPostcard #Retro #vintage

Postcard shows a male and female Tern flying above a coastline

**Oberflächenspannung** @hoernchen72@chaos.social · Mar 22

Mar 22

Oberflächenspannung @hoernchen72@chaos.social

#CommonTern

#VogelFlausch #BirdPhotography #Flussseeschwalbe

**Vicky Outen Photo DPAGB** @VickyOuten@mastodon.world · Jan 21

Jan 21

Vicky Outen Photo DPAGB @VickyOuten@mastodon.world

Common tern with a fish

https://linktr.ee/vickyoutenphoto

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#Mastodonnaturecommunity #ukwildlife #commontern

Thanks for your support!

**Vicky Outen Photo DPAGB** @VickyOuten@mastodon.world · Nov 30, 2024

Nov 30, 2024

Vicky Outen Photo DPAGB @VickyOuten@mastodon.world

Common tern

https://linktr.ee/vickyoutenphoto

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#Mastodonnaturecommunity #ukwildlife #commontern

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**Parsingphase** @parsingphase@m.phase.org · Nov 18, 2024

Nov 18, 2024

Parsingphase @parsingphase@m.phase.org

#DailyBird
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), 8th July 2022
es: Charrán Común, fr: Sterne Pierregarin
Yirell Beach, Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 472mm, 20% crop, 1/2000s, f/8, ISO 320
#Birds #CommonTern #COTE #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

A gracile, angular white seabird with a black cap and narrow, pointed red bill peers down as it glides in front of soft clouds.

**Parsingphase** @parsingphase@m.phase.org · Nov 2, 2024

Nov 2, 2024

Parsingphase @parsingphase@m.phase.org

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11
Common Tern, 8th July 2022
Deer Island, Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 25% crop, 1/2000s, f/9, ISO 1600
#Birds #CommonTern #VoteBlueForBirds