ARCTIC TERN - in flight, showing aggression

ARCTIC TERN - in flight, showing aggression (Sterna paradisaea). Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK. A long distance migrant that makes an annual round trip from its Arctic or northern breeding range to the Antarctic, where it spends winter. The breeding range extends through Iceland, Greenland, the Scandinavian and Baltic coasts, reaching into Siberia. Populations also occur in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Angry Attacking Displays Hovering Paradisaea Showing Skies Sterna Tern Terns Threat Threatening Underside

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