Terns of Scolt Head
Scolt Head Island is particularly important for its Tern populations, over the years five species have bred on the island, four regularly Sandwich Tern up to 3500-4000 pairs on a good year, Common Tern , Little Tern around 100-200 pairs, Arctic Tern only 2-4 on average and in the past small numbers of Roseate but certainly not annual.
Occasionally rarer species may visit the island Black Terns regularly pass through in the spring and autumn, and in recent years Lesser Crested and Eastern Common Tern have been recorded and who knows an Elegant Tern was in W Sussex in 2017 with Sandwich Terns, Sooty or Bridled could be on the cards who knows.
In recent years I have had a personnel project to document as much behavioral aspects of the Terns on Scolt head, from Display, breeding, feeding and collecting data on any Ringed birds I have seen. Also as they are so beautiful and photogenic I have given them there own Gallery so other bird gallery's will be less busy.
Occasionally rarer species may visit the island Black Terns regularly pass through in the spring and autumn, and in recent years Lesser Crested and Eastern Common Tern have been recorded and who knows an Elegant Tern was in W Sussex in 2017 with Sandwich Terns, Sooty or Bridled could be on the cards who knows.
In recent years I have had a personnel project to document as much behavioral aspects of the Terns on Scolt head, from Display, breeding, feeding and collecting data on any Ringed birds I have seen. Also as they are so beautiful and photogenic I have given them there own Gallery so other bird gallery's will be less busy.

Little Tern feeding chick Scolt Head

Little Tern feeding chick Scolt Head

Sandwich Terns on Scolt Head

Common Tern foodpass to fledged chick on Scolt Head

Sandwich Tern in flight with Sand-Eel

Sandwich Tern

Common Terns

Sandwich Terns

Common Terns

Common Terns

Sandwich Terns adults and juveniles with fish

Sandwich Tern taking a dip

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern with fish

Arctic Tern Scolt Head Island

Sandwich Tern colony (Ternery)

Sandwich Tern with three fish

Sandwich Terns Displaying

Sandwich Tern flying past the Ternery Hut

Sandwich Tern with fish

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern colony on Scolt Head Island

Pair of Arctic Terns

Juvenile Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern with fish

Sandwich Tern Juvenile Diving.

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern in flight with Sand Eel

Sandwich Terns on a Boat

Arctic tern

Sandwich Tern Fledgling

Sandwich Tern in flight with fish

Sandwich Terns

Juvenile Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern with fish

Sandwich Terns

Common Terns in flight Foodpass

Sandwich Terns

Common Tern on Hut Marsh

Sandwich Terns

Little Tern fledgling

Common Terns

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern

Common Terns

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern in flight

Sandwich Tern on Bouy

Common Tern

Sandwich Tern with fish

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Terns

Adult and Juvenile Common Terns

Sandwich tern

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Terns on Far point.

Sandwich Tern in flight with fish

Sandwich Terns adults and juveniles at Colony

Arctic Skua harrasing a Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern in flight Squid at Scolt Head

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern in diving

Sandwich Tern and Squid

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Terns

Pair of Common Terns Displaying

Common Terns

Flying Sandwich Tern with a fish

Sandwich Tern taking flight from Bouy

Common Terns at Brancaster Staithe

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern in flight carrying a Squid

Juvenile Sandwich Tern

Fledgeling Juvenile Sandwich Tern

Little Tern In flight

Juvenile Sandwich Tern in flight

Sandwich Terns feeding chick a SandEel

Sandwich Tern in flight with SandEel

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern high-flight display 'Into the Sun'

Diving Juvenile Common Tern

Sandwich Terns

Adult and Juvenile Common terns

Sandwich Tern Foodpass

Fledgling Little Tern

Displaying Little Terns

Diving Little Tern

Sandwich Tern and Turnstones

Little Tern In flight

Sandwich Ternery

Diving Sandwich Tern

Hovering Little Tern

Flock of Sandwich Terns taking flight

Flock of Sandwich Terns taking flight

Scolt Head island

Sandwich Terns on a Boat

Fledged Sandwich Tern chick

Sandwich Tern in flight

Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern with flowering Sea-Lavender

Colour Dyed Sandwich Tern at Scolt Head

Common Tern in Flight

Sandwich Tern with fish

Sandwich Tern in flight carrying a Fish

Common Tern Food-pass on Hut marsh.

Sandwich Tern

Common Terns foodpass on Hut marsh.

Sandwich Tern washing

Juvenile Common Tern

Sandwich Tern on Bouy

Common Terns on Hut marsh.

Little Tern Hovering

Sandwich Tern carrying a Squid

Sandwich Tern in flight

Juvenile Common Tern

Juvenile Sandwich Tern in flight with Seaweed on Scolt

Juvenile Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern in flight

Sandwich Terns on Far point Scolt

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Terns on a boat at Brancaster Staithe

Sandwich Tern Far Point Scolt Head

Adult and a Juvenile Sandwich Tern

Sandwich tern in Flight

Sandwich Tern preening

Displaying Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Terns fighting for perching rights

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Tern colony on Scolt Head Island

Sandwich Terns

Sandwich Terns on a Boat

Common Tern in Flight

Sandwich Terns on Far point.

Sandwich Tern colour ringed VFR red left

Sandwich Terns

Displaying Sandwich Terns

Hovering Sandwich Tern with a Fish

Sandwich Terns in flight

Sandwich Terns on a Boat

Common Terns on Cyrils boat

Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern in flight

Sandwich Terns on a Boat

Sandwich Tern 'High flight' display

Arctic Tern Juvenile and Common Terns

newly arrived Sandwich Terns in the spring

Juvenile Sandwich Tern in flight

Sandwich Tern colony on Scolt Head Island

Sandwich and Common Terns on a boat at Brancaster Staithe

Sandwich Tern in flight with a Sprat

Sandwich Tern with Deformed Bill

Sandwich Terns

Juvenile Sandwich Tern in a dive.

Sandwich Terns at Ternery the colony on Scolt Head Island

Sandwich Tern washing

Immature Common Tern on a marker Bouy

Pair of Little terns

Sandwich Tern

Common Terns on Cyrils boat

Little tern
