A completely unexpected addition to my local patch list today Forster's Tern! Got the message that a possible Forster's Tern was at Mistley (about 2miles from my house) at around 12:45 and decided to go down right away to check it out. To my horror I remembered that all my optics were in my wife's car, and she was in Ipswich 10 miles away! After a mad dash into Ipswich to pick up my gear I finally arrived at Mistley at 14:15, having completed 22 miles instead of the original 2 it should have been. By the time the I arrived the id was confirmed and the bird was showing well perched on the Essex side of the river but also making flights out over to the Suffolk side.
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| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) hovering, Mistley, Essex/Suffolk |
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| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri), Mistley, Essex/Suffolk |
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| Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) hovering, Mistley, Essex/Suffolk |
