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  1. Terns and reflections.......Common tern

    Terns and reflections.......Common tern

    No wind this morning
    • Digiscoper321
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    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. Common tern

    Common tern

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Common tern

    Common tern

    • Digiscoper321
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    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. 2023-05-25_07-54-58.jpg

    2023-05-25_07-54-58.jpg

    Common Tern
    • birdthing
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    • common tern
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. F

    Roseate Tern? (Dutch coast, 13th of May 2023)

    Am I right thinking Roseate Tern here? Pictures taken 4 days ago on an evening beach near Noordwijk, Netherlands. I took many images, and its bill was unmistakably black. Whereas the bills of the large number of surrounding Common Terns where all clearly red (with black tips). (Possibly 2...
  6. Common Tern

    Common Tern

    • Э́ллин
    • Media item
    • common tern delta river gallikos
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Common Tern

    Common Tern

    • Э́ллин
    • Media item
    • common tern delta river gallikos
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Common Tern

    Common Tern

    • Э́ллин
    • Media item
    • common tern delta river gallikos
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. common tern with friends

    common tern with friends

    • bievreJJ
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    • black-headed gull chroicocephalus ridibundus common tern sandwich tern sterna hirundo thalasseus sandvicensis
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Dive, dive, dive!

    Dive, dive, dive!

    Was "shooting" this Common Tern hovering and somehow managed to keep tracking as s/he began to dive. Did not manage to stay on track clear through to splashdown, but was still fairly happy with my results that day. Just need to keep practicing.
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common tern terna hirundo
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. Common tern

    Common tern

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. black tern and friends

    black tern and friends

    together with Sandwich terns and a few common terns
    • bievreJJ
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    • black tern camargue chlidonias niger common tern france sandwich tern sterna hirundo thalasseus sandvicensis
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Common tern......Hovering

    Common tern......Hovering

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Common Tern

    Common Tern

    • Cristian Mihai
    • Media item
    • chira de balta common tern sterna hirundo
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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    Tern (Warsaw, PL, 11 August 2021)

    The bill seems quite large (compared to other photos of common terns seen on the Internet) and it has no apparent black tip. Is it within variation for the common tern? (a short film of the same bird)
  16. Backstroke....Common tern

    Backstroke....Common tern

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  17. Common tern

    Common tern

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  18. Using close up foreground to create fake mist.

    Using close up foreground to create fake mist.

    Common tern
    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  19. Common tern

    Common tern

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. A

    Oman non-breeding Terns (also Gull-billed & Bridled) -- Masirah Island & Musandam

    I have been seeing these terns with black bills and partially black heads (first 5 photos) all over Oman and I think they are non-breeding Common Terns but could also be White-cheeked, Whiskered or Roseate Terns. These photos were all taken between April 20-24 on or near Masirah Island, Oman...
    • AFM
    • Thread
    • bridled-tern common tern gull-billed tern oman roseate tern tern terns whiskered tern white-cheeked tern
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
  21. common tern with a touch of Monet

    common tern with a touch of Monet

    • bievreJJ
    • Media item
    • common tern france isère sterna hirundo
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Common tern

    Common tern

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common tern sterna hirundo west sweden
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. Common Terns

    Common Terns

    Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding! John
    • Jonno52
    • Media item
    • common tern kent uk sterna hirundo
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. Common Tern

    Common Tern

    Part of a flock along the Atlantic coast
    • mikeshaw1
    • Media item
    • common tern plymouth massachusetts shifting lots preserve sterna hirundo
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  25. Common Tern

    Common Tern

    Common Tern
    • Chris G6 UXU
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    • common tern preston docks lancashire sterna hirundo
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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