Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
The reserve's first Roseate Tern was an adult which briefly dropped into the Moors Pool during 1999’s Spring All-Day Birdwatch on the 8th May where it was observed by Stuart Croft, John Belsey, Roger Hill and Terry Hinett. The bird was seen only for 45 seconds in late morning from the concrete hide on the west shore of the Moors Pool. It was first noted as it alighted briefly on the tern nesting platform at 11:15 am before almost immediately taking flight in a relaxed manner, flying directly in front of the concrete hide and then along the shoreline of the south-west corner before disappearing south-west over the Sailing Pool accompanied by two Common Terns. The Birds of Upton Warren 1999 described the bird as follows: “…very clean, almost white, upper and lower wing, pink flush to the breast, black bill and extremely long tail streamers”
