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Arctic tern

Sterna paradisaea

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Description:

Little white bird. Sharp and trim beak and wings.

Habitat:

Marina at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Busy tourist area with many boats and pedestrians. The tern, along with gulls and guillemots, were catching fish, in and out of the water.

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