An Urban Colony of Common Terns in Leith Docks

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Common terns in the Firth of Forth 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 0 Colony Size (number of breeding pairs) Data courtesy of JNCC. Year Leith Docks Inchmickery
Imperial Dock Lock SPA • Special Protection Area for the common tern since 2004 • 5% British population • Largest colony in Scotland
Page 1 and 2: Urban tern ecology: common terns in
Page 3: Common terns in the Firth of Forth
Page 8 and 9: •Fieldwork May‐August •732 br
Page 11 and 12: Foraging Routes
Page 14 and 15: Height of flight paths in the docks
Page 16 and 17: JNCC Marine SPA Work •Existing SP
Page 18 and 19: Foraging Ecology What
Page 21 and 22: Courtship feeding Clupeids/gadids =
Page 23 and 24: Predation Crows Herring gull Lesser
Page 25 and 26: Summary • Recent colonisation fro

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