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Sandwich Tern
Sterna sandvicensis
Current status
In the Mediterranean, a population of probably less then 3,000 pairs
nests in colonies mainly in river deltas, on sandbanks and in salinas.
Also migrates from elsewhere into the Mediterranean for wintering.
Current factors causing loss or decline
Coastal development; disturbance by humans and animals;
predation.
Status under international instruments
Appendix II - Convention on the Conservation of European
Wildlife and Natural Habitats (1979).
Appendix II - Convention on the Conservation of Migratory
Species of Wild Animals (1979).
Annex I - European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild
Birds (79/409/EEC/1979).
Listed in the AEWA Action Plan (Column A Category 3a/3c).
Current Action Plans
None
Action Plan objectives and target
To maintain healthy breeding colonies
Proposed action
- Inventory and map critical habitats supporting the colonies,
particularly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean, where
breeding surveys are lacking.
- Confer strictly protected status on the species.
- Prohibit all types of disturbance to the breeding colonies.
- Monitor and warden colonies under threat of disturbance.
- Create SPAs where breeding colonies exist.
- Plan, regulate and/or manage activities and processes of
coastal and infrastructure development that impact on
wetlands and other breeding habitats.
- Restore wetlands where the species breeds.
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«The Sandwich Tern
(which takes its name in
French from its call) was
described for the first
time near the English
town of Sandwich,
hence its scientific and
English names. (It was
Earl Sandwich who
invented the snack
which shares its name
with the tern).»
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