Little Terns breeding at Blakeney Point

Martin Perrow, Malcolm Davies, Andrew Harwood and Ajay Tegala

Abstract Little Terns Sternula albifrons have long bred at Blakeney Point, in Norfolk. As well as shingle and sand nesting habitat the site offers easy access to both the open sea and sheltered harbour waters for foraging. Over 100 years of data show that numbers peaked between the mid 1950s and late 1970s, with more than

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