Arctic tern

I watched an Arctic tern coming in from the north.

The longest journey of all is made by the Arctic tern.

Arctic Terns are considered threatened or species of concern in certain states.

The following habitats are found across the Arctic tern distribution range.

Arctic Terns mate for life, and in most cases, return to the same colony each year.

Small numbers of both sandwich and Arctic terns also breed at this site.

Arctic terns migrate 12,000 miles to fish where the sun doesn't set.

Arctic terns may disappear during August and then reappear after a week or two.

The gull-like Arctic tern is, in some way, a flying champion.

It has also supported nationally important numbers of Arctic Tern.

The most dramatic improvement has been among arctic terns, which are breeding on the islands for the first time in seven years.

Arctic terns are famous for undertaking the longest migration of any bird.

Arctic Terns are long-lived birds, with many reaching thirty years of age.

At the southern part of their range, the Arctic Tern has been reducing in numbers.

By the shore we saw a river snipe, and everywhere arctic terns were flying.

We won't be deterred by a few Arctic terns.

The Arctic Tern also has the longest migration of any known animal.

Arctic terns fly the equivalent of three round trips to the Moon in its lifetime.

I saw the Arctic tern again.

It has a large colony of Arctic Terns.

It also steals eggs from nesting colonies of Arctic Terns.

Arctic Terns sometimes dip down to the surface of the water to catch prey close to the surface.

A cloud of fast moving low-flying arctic terns almost causes our car to swerve off the road.

Many migratory birds spend summer months nesting among the archipelago, notably the Arctic tern.

Arctic Tern - 1,180 pairs in 2011 (not counted in 2012)