ddavid

Plus 2 Nordmann's Greenshanks on the rising tide.

David

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This afternoon (Sunday February 19th) there was a winter-plumage White-winged Tern over the ponds along the access road. The earliest date on record is April 3rd, so this is an unusual occurrence.

David

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Ronaldo

Do you have any other photos of this tern & also any photos of the second tern that you saw today?

I would welcome informed comments on the ID of the tern in Ronaldo's photo.

David

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Brendan

Thanks. Yes, I think this is a Whiskered Tern - hence my last post. However, I don't think that this is the same bird as I saw on Sunday.

David

[ Last edited by ddavid at 20/02/2012 22:26 ]

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Ronaldo

Thanks. Nice flight sequence of what is clearly a Whiskered Tern. As it's possible I made a mistake, I withdraw my claim of White-winged Tern.

I popped up the access road ponds this afternoon but unfortunately there were no signs of the terns. There were 25 Black-faced Spoonbills feeding on a drained pond and a Pacific Swift with the House Swifts.

David