Black Tern
Sorry for another Black Tern but it seems a shame to consign these to the file of obscurity by not uploading. This one shows the diagnostic shoulder patch which separates it from all other juvenile or non-breeding plumaged terns apart from the recently split American Black Tern (which has smoky flanks, unlike the clean white flanks on this bird). It has doing so many twists and turns that most of my photos show its tail spread wide, but they closed tail shows the "chip fork" shape. This young bird spent a few days at Pugney's Country Park near Wakefield in West Yorkshire recently.
Black Tern
Sorry for another Black Tern but it seems a shame to consign these to the file of obscurity by not uploading. This one shows the diagnostic shoulder patch which separates it from all other juvenile or non-breeding plumaged terns apart from the recently split American Black Tern (which has smoky flanks, unlike the clean white flanks on this bird). It has doing so many twists and turns that most of my photos show its tail spread wide, but they closed tail shows the "chip fork" shape. This young bird spent a few days at Pugney's Country Park near Wakefield in West Yorkshire recently.