9th March
A RARE
species of seabird that hatched in Cumbria last year has been photographed in
South Africa.
The
sighting of the sandwich tern bird delighted staff and volunteers from the
RSPB, Natural England and Cumbria Wildlife Trust, who work in partnership with
Lancaster University, to conserve these special birds in the county.
The tern
in question was ringed at the RSPB Hodbarrow nature reserve in Millom last year
as part of a study into their movements.
Several
young terns at Hodbarrow and Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Foulney Island Nature
Reserve were ringed during the last breeding season with coded, coloured rings.
This is a
scientific method whereby birds are fitted with light-weight, coloured,
individual identification rings on their legs that can be read from a distance,
to help monitor their movements without the need to re-catch them.
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