PUBLISHED: 15:40 09 July
2018 | UPDATED: 16:17 09 July 2018
It is a 3,100 mile annual
migration that sees one of the rarest seabirds in the land leave their nests in
the Great Yarmouth area and head to Africa.
As these pictures show, little
tern chicks are starting to leave their nests and make their way to their West
African wintering grounds.
The chicks can be found at the
dunes at Winterton and several other beaches in the area and they make up about
20pc of the country’s population of the bird.
Lyn Ibbitson-Elk, a RSPB little
tern volunteer who caught some of the birds on camera along with fellow
volunteer Kevin Simmonds, said: “I have had the privilege to volunteer on the
RSPB Little Tern Project for several years and it is a very special experience.
“These precious little seabirds
honour us in Norfolk with their presence for only a few months every year,
having flown an astonishing 5,000km.
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