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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Little Tern

 

Awaiting image for this species

 

Little Tern

Sterna albifrons

Gaelic: Steàrnan Beag

 

• Little Tern
• Sterna caspia
• Gaelic: Steàrnan Beag
• WI: Uncommon Migrant Breeder (10-99 breeding pairs)
• Similar birds: Common Tern, Arctic Tern

 

Little Tern records in the Western Isles

Uncommon Migrant Breeder (10-99 breeding pairs)

On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the bird is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

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