Speckled Fluffballs - Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) parents & chicks, Long Nanny, Northumberland.

These chicks are already testing our their wings (0:41).
The Arctic tern is a medium-sized tern, which nests in colonies on sand and shingle beaches along the coast. Arctic terns are noisy in their colonies and, like most terns, will attack intruders threatening their young, often dive-bombing them with their sharp bills at the ready. Famed for their long migrations, they arrive in this country in April and leave again in September.
Video of the American Black Tern at Long Nanny here: American Black Tern (Chlidonias niger surinamensis), Long Nanny, Northumberland.
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