This morning, during the Bird Walk, a Black Tern was watched for about twenty minutes, hawking insects over the Deep Pit. Also seen were a Raven and two Lesser Redpolls. There was a light passage of Swallows, House Martins and Meadow Pipits, with fifty-five Swallows, twenty House Martins and seven Meadow Pipits seen flying over to the south. There were also good numbers of Migrant Hawkers seen. PS.
Tag Archives: Black Tern
Black Tern – 7th August
The juvenile Black Tern came in to roost again tonight at 20.05hrs, with the Common Terns on the Deep Pit platform. JMD.
Black Tern – 6th August
This evening, at about 20.15hrs, the immature Black Tern came in to roost with the Common Terns. The female Pintail was still on the Slurry Lagoon and, at about 21.05, a Barn Owl was seen hunting. TW.
Black Tern – 3rd August
The juvenile Black Tern came in to roost again tonight with the Common Terns on a tern platform. JMD.
Black Tern – 1st August
A juvenile Black Tern was seen on one of the tern platforms this evening. JMD.
Black Tern – 30th April
This afternoon there were signs that some more migrants had arrived with four Lesser Whitethroats in song. There were still no Garden Warblers or Grasshopper Warblers but in the Deep Pit a Black Tern was hawking for insects. It had a very buoyant flight as it rose above the water, flying into the wind. When it spotted an insect it dived like a falcon, probably catching a St. Marks Fly. There was a Lesser Black-backed Gull on the Slurry Lagoon and two Shelduck, but no sign of any Teal. PS.