#common tern

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Common Tern with head turned upside down right after a dive!

[michaelnordeman]

Common Tern/fisktärna, and Black-headed Gull/skrattmås. Grängen in Värmland, Sweden (1 June 2022).

[simplified-birds]

Simplified bird #150 - common tern

( requested by @deadbirds-and-daydreams )

[rainevaris]

Sharp as wind

[antiqueanimals]

Florida Wildlife; vol. 12, no. 4. September, 1958. Illustration by Wallace Hughes.

Internet Archive

[admiralgiggles]

Decided to go for a walk on a cloudy day w/o sunblock and no water. Mistakes were made, but I had my camera and this lovely common tern.

[besidethepath]

The Common Tern – An Afternoon at the North Sea, part 5 (May 31, 2025). While the black-headed gulls are already busy caring for their offspring, the common terns are still facing the stress.

[belfastroadster]

I witnessed quite a battle on the Main Lake at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre this morning.

A pair of Common Terns have a nest on the raft.

A Cormorant climbed onto the raft to dry its wings after fishing.

The Terns were not impressed and the male bird started dive-bombing the intruder.

After twenty minutes he flew off - seemingly giving up - only to return in minutes with reinforcements; a detachment of four more Common Terns from the Saline Lagoon squadron.

They all started dive-bombing the Cormorant which quickly realised that the odds had shifted and left the raft.

All six triumphant Terns then flew victory laps of the lake - marvellous!

A proper nature drama 😎