Common or Arctic Tern - Spring
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 7:52PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in Arctic Tern, Common Tern, GHR, commic tern, passage, tern

terna hirundo/ paradisaea

Spring passage has been recorded from the 29th March to mid June, with stragglers to the end of June, the majority of birds being seen in late April and the first three weeks of May. Most were seen to the west of Skokholm, Skomer and Ramsey, with very few along the north coast but small numbers off the south coast. Most sightings were of one to five birds but up to 18 together have been seen. Those seen moving along the south coast could conceivably have continued their migration up the Bristol Channel and through the Severn valley.

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