British Terns (1 Viewer)

[rylirk]

Hi all,
These are from Tice's Meadow in western Surrey 2 days ago. I suspect these are all common terns, but an Arctic was reported from the site that day and I know my tern ID skills aren't too great, so I wondered if any of these were candidates (10 images)

 

[rylirk]

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[birdmeister]

Unfortunately I don't think there's enough to say Arctic on any of these photos, as they're just too blurry.

 

[Deb Burhinus]

Not sure about no6 but all the others look like Common Terns to me.

 

[Rotherbirder]

The perched birds are all 'leggy' enough to be Common.

RB

 

[Deb Burhinus]

actually on a closer look, I think they are probably all Common