Arctic Tern

A regular passage visitor to the reservoir, often wrongly identified as the similarly looking Common Tern. Views of these birds are sometimes limited & therefore are recorded as 'Commic' Terns meaning Common or Arctic Tern.

04/05/46 - Single bird, reported as Commic Tern

06/10/55 - Single bird.

20/08/64 - Single bird.

24/08/65 - 2 birds.

15/08/68 - 4 birds.

10/09/70 - 2 birds, reported as Commic.

26/08/71 - Single bird, reported as Commic.

07/09/74 - 6 birds, reported as Commic.

07/09/78 - 3 birds.

30/09/82 - 16 birds.

05/05/84 - 17 birds. Record count to date.

20/08/91 - 2 birds, an adult & a juvenile.

09/09/93 - 2 birds, seen again on 10/09.

20/08/96 - 2 birds, an adult & a juvenile.

29/09/96 - Single adult, reported as Commic.

30/04/99 - 2 adult birds, flew through briefly.

22/09/99 - 3 birds. A single bird was seen on 30/09.

27/09/00 - Single bird, reported as Commic.

22/08/04 - Single bird, reported as probable Arctic.

27/09/06 - Single bird, stayed 2 days.