Blog: Terns

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A volunteer work party at Cemlyn in 1973

Terns of the tide

Many terns prefer to nest in coastal habitats and so can be vulnerable to high tides and storms. As we celebrate Cemlyn's 50th anniversary as a nature reserve we take a look at the history of…

A large flock of terns, black and white sea birds, take flight on mass from their small nesting islands surrounded by a calm lagoon of water. Behind them hills and farmland with a pale grey sky.

Cemlyn Provides a Safe Haven

The Cemlyn tern colony is currently at record numbers - a really wild spectacle. With recent local media coverage about the desertion of the Skerries tern colony, and the question “where have all…