Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Black tern, Pennington Flash


I thought that I was going to miss out on black tern this year, but right at the death this juvenile appeared yesterday and was still present this afternoon. It spent most of it's time out in the middle but did occasionally come into the bay off the car park.


It really was last minute, this bird is my latest ever at the flash by five days and my fourth latest ever in the UK.


This was the view I had through the mist at dawn.


Having found my first willow emeralds at the flash a few days ago, today I came across several pairs ovipositing on overhanging branches, this pair on alder.

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