First arrival!

First arrival!

Caugek tern N°0895, equipped with a GPS on Ile aux Moutons (Glénan) in June, has arrived in Africa! After completing her nesting, she spent several weeks moulting in southern Spain, before continuing southwards. Caugek terns generally winter on the Iberian peninsula or in West Africa, but some may remain in France.

A GPS-equipped sandwich tern photographed by an ornithologist in Spain in September, the first of the terns tracked to reach the African coast after a long pause in southern Spain.

A GPS-equipped sandwich tern photographed by an ornithologist in Spain in September, the first of the terns tracked to reach the African coast after a long pause in southern Spain.