Hope for Orkney's little terns thanks to school project (RSPB) (1 Viewer)

Some of Orkney's rarest seabirds have eggs, after two local primary schools worked with RSPB Scotland to protect their home

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Great to get the kids involved, well done.

That's great news, i visited these birds in the Spring and was a bit concerned by the lack of wardening, i was speaking to a resident birder who said that the colony has declined and that their productivity is generally poor. In particular, there were 1 or 2 dog walkers who would regularly disturb the colony. It seems as if conservation efforts were more focussed on other species in the region and the terns were a bit under the radar, whereas if they were in Eastern England or Wales, there may have been more effort put in. Once a colony is gone, i guess it's gone. Are there examples of new Little Tern colonies starting up in the UK? I guess there must be 1 or 2?