Shropshire Birder
Species Gallery - Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern (Sterna Caspia)
An imposing vagrant Tern, the largest in fact! Add in the stout carrot red bill and you have a very distinctive Tern. I've chased one or two without success and the first gallery images are courtesy of the July 2013 Rudyard Reservoir bird.
Caspian Tern flight Rudyard Res 28 7 13 IMG_0216
Caspian Tern Rudyard Res 26 7 13 IMG_7842
Caspian Tern Rudyard Res 26 7 13 IMG_7849
Caspian Tern flight into light Rudyard Res 26 7 13 IMG_7784
Caspian Tern hover for fish Rudyard Res 26 7 13 IMG_9884
Caspian Tern Rudyard Res 26 7 13 MG_7848
Caspian Tern Rudyard Res 26 7 13 IMG_9938
Caspian Tern Rudyard Res 26 7 13 IMG_9937
Caspian Tern fishing during thunderstorm Rudyard Res 28 7 13 IMG_0312
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