The number of adult pairs returning to Long Nanny in Northumberland is not as low as feared this year, National Trust rangers say.
Rangers looking after Britain’s largest mainland colony of Arctic terns are “on tenterhooks” to see how the seabirds fare after a devastating outbreak of bird flu last year.
This year the number of adult breeding Arctic terns is lower, but the rangers say it is not as bad as they feared, with the number of nests with eggs down 20% at 1,040 compared to 1,300 in 2023. “The good news is that the number of returning adults is higher than we hoped, with well over 2,000 breeding adults recorded.“We are now on tenterhooks to see how the chicks fare – and are hoping that they make it through these critical first few weeks and are able to survive the annual pressures of predation and extreme weather due to climate change,” he said.
“Habitat loss and recreational disturbance along our coast is impacting our little tern population and reserves such as the Long Nanny are so important to the future of this species in the UK,” he said. The team at Long Nanny also confirmed the first known breeding attempt between an American black tern and Arctic tern
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