A very useful if sobering report. #Biosecurity is mentioned as a vital conservation measure for #AtlanticPuffin, #ManxShearwater, #EuropeanStormPetrel, #Leach'sStormPetrel, #RoseateTern, #CommonTern & #ArcticSkua breeding sites, helping to prevent colonisation or reinvasion by invasive predators
Left image is of a Roseate Tern in flight against a light blue sky. The birds’ wings are fully extended and are white from below and narrow. The body is streamlined and the tail has two streamer-like feathers extending backwards. Central image is a black and white map of the Atlantic Canada. The few nesting colonies are highlighted in yellow. Right Image is a forward facing of a Roseate Tern standing on a smooth rock. Black cap and beak. White body and grey wings and short orange feet. Text: Roseate Tern. Roseate Tern have less than 150 breeding pairs spread over the Atlantic Canada nesting colonies: Sable Island, Brother Island, Country Island, and les Îles de la Madeleine. Researchers are still mystified about where these migrating seabirds spend the months between January and April. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #RoseateTern. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.
From May until August #RoseateTerns are at the breeding and nesting colonies. Once the young can migrate the seabirds fly away to their winter habitats. There is still a mystery surrounding where these birds spend January through to April.
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Image of an adult Roseate Tern in profile, looking to the right. There is a cap of black feathers over the head and down the back of the neck. Black narrow tipped beak. Small white feathered body with soft grey wings and a distinct streamer-like tail. Short dark orange feet. Text: Roseate Tern. Yellow circle. Endangered Species at Risk. Roseate Tern are seabirds that dive for fish off shallow coastline areas. For added protection from predators like Gulls the Roseate, Common, and Arctic Tern often join together as a larger nesting colony. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #RoseateTern. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.
#RoseateTern are often found sharing a nesting colony with #CommonTerns. There are only three colonies found on small islands off #NovaScotia. Breeding pairs only raise one egg per season. Gulls prey upon nesting areas reducing population growth. novascotia.ca/natr/wildlif...
) Title page: Nova Scotia Wildlife Spotlight. Species at risk. Five coloured circles from left to right: Yellow is for endangered, orange is for threatened, pink is for vulnerable, violet is for extirpated, navy blue is for extinct. Image of the sky looking through trees from below. A weekly post spotlighting a different species currently at risk in Nova Scotia. #NSWildlifeSpotlight. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.
#RoseateTern is ENDANGERED in Nova Scotia, with 120 -150 breeding pairs recorded in Atlantic Canada. The Roseate Tern has a black capped head, a white slender body, soft grey wings, short legs, and tail feathers distinguishing it from the Common Tern. For more info www.hww.ca/wildlife/bir...
A thrilling discovery captured on camera: a rare group of threatened Roseate Terns, initially thought to be a Common Terns perched on some rocks in the Azores.
A threatened Roseate Tern group, initially thought to be a Common Terns, shows off their brilliant white wings.
The joy of photo analysis! In the field, I thought: Common Terns. At home, I saw the brilliant white wings and realized: the much rarer Roseate Tern! It's amazing what you can see when you have a still moment to truly look. A happy mistake from my Azores trip.
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Cold day in The Fridge aka hide A at #Seaforth. Nonetheless, a nice flush of #BeeOrchids, 1st ever fledged #Avocets for the reserve, numerous Black-headed Gull chicks & the first #CommonTern chicks of the year. #RoseateTern still, Little & 3 Med Gull inc an adult dressed appropriately. #LancsBirding
Roseate tern - A first for me - Lifer
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Fantastic trip to the Farne islands @nationaltrust.org.uk and @rspb.bsky.social Coquet island for some great wildlife experiences #roseatetern #bottlenoseddolphins the highlights of a few days #northumberland
This four year old (ringed as a chick on #CoquetIsland) #RoseateTern was performing brilliantly at #Seaforth on Saturday, calling its head off, display flighting and trying to impress the local #CommonTerns by offering fish. What I would give for it to be joined by another.... 🙏 #seabirds #terns
Pair of Roseate Terns on RSPB Coquet Island
Adult with fledgling Roseate Tern on RSPB Coquet Island
Newly fledged Roseate Tern on RSPB Coquet Island
Juvenile Roseate Tern on RSPB Coquet Island
A real highlight of 2024 was high breeding productivity for @rspbengland.bsky.social #CoquetIsland #RoseateTern colony. They & other #seabirds took a battering from #AvianInfluenza in 2022 & 2023 so to see this resilience & recovery in one of our rarest breeders was great to see. #RSPBEcology
Always a joy to see #RoseateTern on the #Seaforth patch. These two put on a great show, lots of calling, high display flighting and bullying roosting Knot! Both unringed & likely third calendar-year birds doing a bit of exploring. They'd be more than welcomed back next spring. 🤞
The #tern flocks at #Formby are such a great spectacle. Nice adult #RoseateTern this evening plus an adult Little and 2 juv Arctics amongst several thousand Common and Sandwich. 4 Arctic Skuas taking notice too.
Hands up 🙌 if you started singing “what’s the story in Balamory” whilst watching #BackFromTheBrink on @RTEOne ??
Was super by the way. Well done all especially @BirdWatchIE #RoseateTern
