Ospreys, puffins, peregrines, owls.and more! It is also thought that arctic terns may, in spite of their small size, occasionally engage in kleptoparasitism by swooping at birds so as to startle them into releasing their catches. Watch wildlife on webcams provided by wildlife trusts across the british isles.

With its long tail streamers and general shape the arctic tern deserves the local name of 'sea swallow'. Common terns gracefully row through the sky showing off their long angular wings, and breeding season gray belly, black cap, and red bill. In winter hardy souls strap on ice skates and the lake transforms.

Little terns are a strictly coastal species found around the uk coastline at suitable breeding beaches. Flashing slender, silvery wings and an elegantly forked tail, forster's terns cruise above the shallow waters of marshes and coastlines looking for fish. Arctic terns feed on fish and invertebrates such as crabs, krill, mollusks, and marine worms.

From courtship, nesting, and hatching to a peep into the first few weeks of a chick's life. The largest colonies are found along the east and south coasts of scotland and england at sites which include blakeney point and great yarmouth, norfolk, minsmere, suffolk and langstone harbour, hampshire. Where common breeds on outer beaches.

It depends on a healthy marine environment and some colonies have been affected by fish shortages. They may also chase insects in the air when breeding. Arctic terns sometimes dip down to the surface of the water to catch prey close to the surface.

Webcams allow an unrivaled view of intriguing behaviours: You may see these arctic birds during a greenland trip, then see them on an antarctica cruise the following season.