John Reeves kick started his day with a Common Tern at Priorslee Lake. Better still, it was still there late morning! And pretty obliging as it ranged over the whole lake for an hour or so...
Here's a selection of pics in chronological order. What a welcoming fly by! It's an adult already in winter plumage and the first image shows the dark carpal bar and secondaries, dark bill and white forehead...
And saving a close pass as a finale!
Just before 1.00, it then started climbing and circling, eventually heading south and lost to view!
