Arctic Tern

(Sterna paradisaea)

image Arctic Tern

Birdingplaces

  • Abberton Reservoir
  • Achill Island
  • Alkborough Flats
  • Alvedsjöbodar and Horns Kustväg
  • Amble and the Coquet Estuary
  • Ängsnäset
  • Arbroath Cliffs and Harbour
  • Ardnamurchan Peninsula
  • Äspet
  • Aspö Island
  • Asunden
  • Auringonnousunranta
  • Æbelø
  • Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge - Dike Trail
  • Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge - Seaside Trail
  • Bakkatjörn
  • Ballum Sluse
  • Ballumer Noordstrand
  • Ballyness Bay
  • Bamburgh
  • Banter See
  • Barry Buddon Seaward Side
  • Barton Broad
  • Beijershamn
  • Belfast Window on Wildlife
  • Beltringharder Koog
  • Bergafjärden
  • Bergön
  • Berrow Dunes Local Nature Reserve
  • Berry Head
  • Beuningse Uiterwaarden
  • Bilbao harbour
  • Bittell Reservoirs
  • Björns Skärgård
  • Bjørnø
  • Blå Jungfrun
  • Black Rock Portskewett
  • Blakeney Point
  • Blashford Lakes
  • Blåvandshuk
  • Blithfield Reservoir
  • Böda Hamn
  • Bondängen - Ottenby
  • Boren
  • Borkener See
  • Borkum
  • Börringe Mad
  • Boschplaat
  • Bottsand
  • Boulmer
  • Bøjden Nor
  • Brannäs Våtmark
  • Braunton Burrows - Braunton Marsh
  • Brean Down Nature Reserve and Brean Beach
  • Bresewitz - Zur Oie
  • Bridgewater Bay Nature Reserve (Steart Point)
  • Brixham Harbour
  • Broad Water
  • Broadford Bay
  • Brösumer Spätinge
  • Bruksviken
  • Bude Marshes - Petherick's Mill LNR
  • Budel-Dorplein and Ringselvennen
  • Burnham-on-Sea - River Brue - Huntspill River
  • Butrint
  • Cabo Burela
  • Cabo de São Vicente
  • Camel Estuary - The Camel Trail
  • Canal et Rhin à Gambsheim
  • Cap Gris Nez
  • Cape Clear Island
  • Cape Matxitxako
  • Cape Rauðinúpur
  • Cape Sõrve
  • Carrackfinn and Annagry Estuary
  • Casino de Capbreton & Lac d'Hossegor
  • Cemlyn Bay
  • Cheddar Reservoir
  • Cley Marshes Nature Reserve
  • Cogden Beach and West Bexington Nature Reserve
  • Coll RSPB reserve
  • Corsham Lake
  • Craster & Dunstanburgh Castle
  • Crymlyn Burrows
  • Culbin Sands RSPB Reserve
  • Cuxhaven Kugelbarke
  • Dalbyviken
  • Dawlish - South West Coast Path
  • Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve
  • De Petten
  • Dee Estuary at Parkgate
  • Devils Point Plymouth
  • Digue Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement
  • Dijkmanshuizen
  • Dillon's Park
  • Djúpivogur
  • Djúpvegur - Ísafjarðardjúp
  • Drangsnes to Djupavik
  • Dreverna
  • Dümmer
  • East Chevington NR
  • East Haven
  • Eastfield
  • Eemshaven
  • Eider Sperrwerk
  • Ekkerøy
  • Elliot Burn
  • Enebærodde
  • Ernesettle Creek and Tamerton Creek
  • Estaca de Bares
  • Étang de la Rincerie
  • Etang de Trunvel
  • Étang de Virelles
  • Exe Estuary - Powderham Corner
  • Exmouth Estuary and Seafront
  • Ezumakeeg Noord
  • Fågelkullen - Abiskojåkkas Delta
  • Falaises de Cricqueville-en-Bessin
  • Falochron Świnoujście
  • Falsterbo Channel
  • Faludden
  • Fanel
  • Fanø
  • Farmoor Reservoir
  • Farne Islands
  • Femöre Huvud
  • Feugelpôlle
  • Filby Broad & Ormesby Little Broad
  • Filsø
  • Finno Bird Reserve
  • Firth of Lorn
  • Fishtown of Usan
  • Fiskeboda
  • Flamborough Head
  • Flatey island
  • Flatruet
  • Flatvarp
  • Fleet Pond
  • Flói Bird Reserve
  • Flommen and Landgrens Holme
  • Flyvesandet
  • Foce Scolmatore Arno
  • Fokstumyra Nature Reserve
  • Förmitzspeicher
  • Fornæs
  • Fovrfeldt creek outlet
  • Frampton on Severn
  • Frenchman's Rocks
  • Frugårds udde
  • Furillen
  • Fyns Hoved
  • Gålören
  • Galterö
  • Gammelstadsviken
  • Gardur Lighthouse
  • Gärstadverken
  • Gåsehage
  • Getnäset
  • Girdleness
  • Goosemoor Nature Reserve
  • Grandefjæra
  • Gräsörenbron Hertsöfjärden
  • Graswarder Heiligenhafen
  • Great Cumbrae Island
  • Grímsey
  • Grosseskär
  • Grundskatan - Bjuröklubb
  • Grüner Brink
  • Gubbanäsan
  • Gyldensteen Strand
  • Haeska Birdwatching Tower
  • Hallands Väderö
  • Hallig Hooge
  • Halltorps Hage
  • Hamburger Hallig
  • Handa Island
  • Häradsskär
  • Harboør Tange
  • Hardangervidda - Tinnhølen Triangle
  • Hartlepool Headland
  • Harudden
  • Hauxley Nature Reserve
  • Haven Lauwersoog
  • Heidkate Strand
  • Helgoland
  • Helnæs
  • Heybridge Basin
  • Hiddensee
  • Hilbre Island Bird Observatory
  • Hoburgen & Rivet, Sundre
  • Höfði Woodland Park
  • Holes Bay Nature Park
  • Hölick
  • Holkham National Nature Reserve
  • Holland Haven
  • Holme-Next-The-Sea
  • Holmuddens Fyr
  • Holy Island
  • Holzhafen
  • Home Farm Marsh
  • Hooks Links
  • Hooksiel
  • Hope's Nose
  • Horns Kungsgård
  • Hornsea Mere
  • Hörnumer Nehrung
  • Horsey Mere
  • Hotellneset and Vestpynten
  • Hults Hamn
  • Hunstanton Cliffs
  • Hyluvik
  • Ile de Tatihou
  • Ilfracombe Seafront and Harbour
  • Indalsälvens delta
  • Ingólfshöfði
  • Innengrodenpütte Friedrichsgroden
  • Inre Slätbaken
  • Isle of May
  • Ismaninger Speichersee
  • Isternäset
  • Järnlunden
  • Jerup Strand
  • Jezioro Łoniewskie
  • John Muir Country Park
  • Jökulsárlón
  • Juist
  • Jurmo Island
  • Kaidanpään Lintutorni
  • Kaivopuisto
  • Kallahdenniemen Uimaranta
  • Kalløgrå
  • Kaltene coastal trail
  • Kanieris
  • Kapelludden
  • Katinger Watt
  • Kąty Rybackie Seawatching Point
  • Kegnæs Fyr og Drejet
  • Kenfig Nature Reserve
  • Ketilsstadhir
  • Kilcoole
  • Kilnsea
  • Kingsbridge Estuary - Northern Section
  • Kingsbridge Estuary - Southern Section
  • Kingsbury Water Park
  • Kingsmill Lake
  • Klädesholmen
  • Kleiner Binnensee
  • Klingavälsåns Mynning
  • Knösen - Falsterbonäset
  • Koudenhoek and Markenje
  • Koudepolder en Kaarspolder
  • Kragesand
  • Kullaberg
  • Kungsbro
  • Kuningatar
  • Kvädö
  • Kwelders van Holwerd
  • Kyle of Durness
  • Kynö
  • L'Étang Neuf
  • La Barre d'Etel
  • La Plage du Métro
  • Lac de Haute Mayenne
  • Lac de Maine
  • Ladestien and Ringve Botanical Garden
  • Lady's Island Lake
  • Lake Annsjon
  • Lake Brånsjön
  • Lake Gärdefjärden
  • Lake Kanieris
  • Lake Ostträsket
  • Lake Tarnobrzeg
  • Lake Tempelkrog
  • Lake Tjörnin
  • Landguard Nature Reserve
  • Landulph Church - Kingsmill Lake and Area
  • Langeoog
  • Långroudden
  • Langwarder Groden
  • Látrabjarg
  • Laugar
  • Lauttasaari
  • Lavernock Point
  • Laxá River
  • Le Port
  • Ledskär
  • Leonardsberg
  • Les Barthes de L'Adour
  • Leyhörn
  • Lilla Hammars Näs and Foteviken
  • Lillskärsudden
  • Liminka Bay
  • List auf Sylt
  • Lista fyr
  • Ljusfors
  • Llanelli WWT
  • Loch Gruinart
  • Loch Indaal
  • Loch Stiapabhat
  • Löddesnäs
  • Lodmoor RSPB
  • Loire Angevine
  • Long Nanny
  • Longrock Beach - Eastern Green - Battery Rocks
  • Longyearbyen
  • Longyeardalen
  • Low Newton by the Sea
  • Lunga
  • Lyme Regis
  • Lyngen Fjord Coast
  • Lytchett Bay
  • Maadesiel
  • Maari
  • Mains of Usan
  • Mandø
  • Manija Island
  • Mansands
  • Margrethe Kog
  • Merthyr Mawr Nature Reserve
  • Messingham Sand Quarries
  • Międzymoście
  • Mingulay
  • Mollön
  • Monach Isles
  • Monnet
  • Morups Tånge and Glommen
  • Mount Batten Breakwater and Area
  • Mount Edgcumbe Park
  • Mølen
  • Munksjön
  • Musselburgh Lagoons
  • Mykines
  • Närsholmen
  • Neslandavík Bay
  • Nesseby Naturreservat
  • Newbiggin
  • Nieuwpoort IJzermonding
  • Njarðvíkurfitjar
  • Nöbbelövs Mosse
  • Noordsvaarder
  • Noordzeeboulevard - Tweede Maasvlakte
  • Norderney
  • Norsholm Area
  • Norsholmen - Fårö
  • North Wirral Coastal Park
  • Noss National Nature Reserve
  • Ny-Ålesund
  • Nyköpingsån - Hamnen
  • Observatoire Ornithologique de Bourgon
  • Observatorieberget
  • Olsäng
  • Oostelijke Havendam Oostende
  • Oostkaap Vlieland
  • Ormesby Broad & Rollesby Broad
  • Ottenby - Ölands Södra Udde
  • Ottersaat
  • Ølundgaard, Lammesø og Firtalsstranden
  • Paal 18 Noordzeestrand
  • Paal 8
  • Paignton Beach and Area
  • Paljassaare Special Conservation Area
  • Paxton Pits
  • Pedreira Cabo da Praia
  • Pembrey Country Park
  • Pendeen Watch
  • Peniche
  • Pennington Flash Country Park
  • Pentire Point and The Rumps
  • Pikku Kallahti
  • Pikla Ponds
  • Plymouth Seafront
  • Point du Hoc
  • Point of Ayre
  • Pointe de Beuzec
  • Pointe des Châteaux
  • Polder Breebaart
  • Półwysep Hel - Cypel Helski
  • Ponta de São Lourenço - Caniçal Peninsula
  • Porkkala
  • Port Le Grau du Roi
  • Port Meadow
  • Porthgwarra
  • Porthpean to Black Head - St Austell Bay
  • Portimojärvi
  • Praia de Arealonga
  • Pramort: Hohe Düne and Große Werder
  • Prins Hendrikzanddijk
  • Ptasi Raj Reserve
  • Puerto Colón Dolphin Trip
  • Punta la Vaca
  • Radford Park and Hooe Lake
  • Ramsinniemen Lehto Nature Reserve
  • Rantumbecken
  • Ras Nouadhibou - Cap Blanc
  • Rattray Head
  • Rauvolanlahti
  • Ravenglass
  • Réserve Naturelle de la Baie de Saint-Brieuc
  • Reykhólar
  • Reykjanes Lighthouse
  • Rezerwat Mewia Łacha (East side)
  • Rif Wetland
  • Rocca al Mare
  • Rockland Broad
  • Rothsee
  • Rømø and Rømødæmningen
  • RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve
  • RSPB Bowers Marsh
  • RSPB Hayle Estuary
  • RSPB Marazion Marsh and Longrock Pool
  • RSPB Minsmere
  • RSPB Mousa
  • RSPB Noup Cliffs
  • RSPB Sandwell Valley
  • RSPB St Aidan's Nature Park
  • RSPB Udale Bay
  • Ruissalo, Kuuva
  • Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
  • Saltmarsh Jadebusen
  • Salviken
  • Sand Point and Sand Bay
  • Sandarviken
  • Sandbank Sankt-Peter-Ording
  • Sandemar
  • Sannannokka
  • Särkkäniemi Nature Reserve
  • Seaton Sluice
  • Sehlendorfer Binnensee
  • Sennebyhaken
  • Seurasaari
  • Severn Beach
  • Sharkham Point Nature Reserve
  • Siipyy Lintutorni
  • Sikåstornet
  • Silecroft Seawatch
  • Skalle
  • Skatanniemi
  • Skräcklan- Älvsuget
  • Skrøytnes Fugletårn
  • Skútustaðagígar Craters
  • Slettnes
  • Slikken van Flakkee
  • Slimbridge Wetland Centre
  • Smygehuk
  • Södra Krön
  • Solheimasandur Plane Wreck
  • Solne Bagno
  • Sommen
  • Southern Asmaløy
  • Speicherbecken Tetenbüllspieker
  • Spey Bay
  • Spieka-Neufeld
  • Spiekeroog
  • Spillepengen
  • Spurn Point
  • St Agnes - Isles of Scilly
  • St Ives Island
  • St John to Penhale Point
  • St John's Lake
  • St. Mary's Island - Whitley Bay
  • Staffa
  • Staines Reservoirs
  • Stångåmynning
  • Starcross to Cockwood Harbour
  • Stavstensudde
  • Stawy Stega Mała
  • Stegeborg
  • Stekenjokk
  • Stendörren
  • Stige Ø
  • Stjernøya
  • Stockviken
  • Stora Fjäderägg
  • Stora Karlsö
  • Stordalens Naturreservat
  • Stormengene
  • Strandpaal 5
  • Strandstuviken
  • Sumburg Head Nature Reserve
  • Sunk Island - Stone Creek
  • Svartåmynning
  • Svörtuloft Lighthouse
  • Swalecliffe - Long Rock
  • Swanpool Lake
  • Świerklaniec Park and Lake
  • Swithland Reservoir
  • Tatton Park
  • Taw Estuary
  • Teignmouth Seafront
  • Tenerife to La Gomera Ferry
  • Tentsmuir Forest
  • Terekudden and Lernacken
  • Terschellinger Polder and Wadden Sea Coast
  • The Skerries
  • Thingvellir
  • Thorpe St. Andrew's Broad
  • Tice's Meadow Nature Reserve
  • Tipperne
  • Tisnes Wetlands
  • Titchwell Marsh Nature Reserve
  • Toivoniemen Lintutorni
  • Torhamns udde
  • Torpoint Gravesend Lake - Thankes Lake.
  • Torslandaviken
  • Trektelposten Wenduine
  • Trettøya
  • Trevose Head
  • Trumpington Meadows
  • Tümlauer Bucht
  • Tygelsjöängar
  • Tysjöarna
  • Uitkijktoren Waddenzee - Schor Den Oever
  • Uitwatering Katwijk
  • Uknö
  • Ulfljotsvatn
  • Umeälvensdelta
  • Utklippan
  • Utlängan
  • Utopia
  • Uutela
  • Uutelan Kanava
  • Vadsö
  • Vadsø Harbour
  • Vassbånn, Borrevannet
  • Västerstadsviken
  • Vehnemoor
  • Veines Peninsula
  • Vejlerne
  • Ven
  • Vidablick
  • Vigur
  • Vik Beach
  • Vikasundet Frøya
  • Visingsö
  • Vliehors
  • Vogelinsel Altmühlsee
  • Vombs Vattenverk
  • Vreta Udd
  • Wacker Quay
  • Wagejot
  • Walvis Bay Lagoon
  • Warleigh Point Nature Reserve
  • Washington Wetlands WWT
  • West Looe and Hannafore Point
  • Westerheversand
  • Westerland Seawatching
  • Westerslag - Paal 15
  • Westhaven and Craigmill Mouth
  • Whitburn Coastal Park
  • Wilstone Reservoir
  • Winterton Dunes
  • Władysławowo Port
  • Wrabness
  • WWT Steart Marsh
  • Ythan Estuary
  • Zandplaten Eems
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A Not to be missed
B Worth a detour
C Nice if you are in the area