The sandwich tern chicks are doing well but it is a race against time to get them fledged The late arrival of 250 sandwich tern nests with healthy adults and chicks has been welcomed at a breeding ...
More than 5,000 dead birds have been found at Coquet Island with a similar number at the Farne Islands. Colonies of roseate, sandwich, arctic and common terns have been affected as well as gulls ...
Roseate terns on Coquet Island, off the Northumberland coast, saw a record number of 191 chicks hatched this year, with 92% going on to fledge. The island hosts the only colony in the UK of the ...
In total, 28 species of seabird nested on the island in 2024, including species of duck. The oldest Roseate Tern, aged 13, returning to Coquet Island this year will have travelled at least 84,000 ...