CHARADRIIFORMES 2 - Neil's Wildlife Journal

gulls, terns, skimmers and skuas

South American Tern [Sterna hirundinacea]

Juvenile with partial moult to adult plumage – Location : The Maipo River wetland and nature park, Santo Domingo, San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region, Chile – Date of image : 27 Jul 2013

South American Tern [Sterna hirundinacea]

Non-breeding adult – Location : The Maipo River wetland and nature park, Santo Domingo, San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region, Chile – Date of image : 27 Jul 2013

South American Tern [Sterna hirundinacea]

Non-breeding adult – Location : The Maipo River wetland and nature park, Santo Domingo, San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region, Chile – Date of image : 27 Jul 2013

Common Tern [Sterna hirundo hirundo]

Breeding plumage adult – Location : Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2014

Common Tern [Sterna hirundo hirundo]

Breeding plumage adult of nominate – Location : RSPB Saltholme, near Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England – Date of image : 08 Jun 2014

Common Tern [Sterna hirundo hirundo]

Breeding plumage adult of nominate – Location : RSPB Saltholme, near Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England – Date of image : 08 Jun 2014

Sandwich Tern [Thalasseus sandvicensis]

Breeding plumage adult – Location : Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2014

Sandwich Tern [Thalasseus sandvicensis]

Breeding plumage adult – Location : Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2014

Swallow-tailed Gull [Creagrus furcatus]

Breeding plumage adult and juvenile – Location : Isla Genovesa, Galápagos, Ecuador – Date of image : 11 Nov 2013

Swallow-tailed Gull [Creagrus furcatus]

Breeding adult – Location : Isla Genovesa, Galápagos, Ecuador – Date of image : 11 Nov 2013

Swallow-tailed Gull [Creagrus furcatus]

Juvenile – Location : Champion-by- Floreana, Galápagos, Ecuador – Date of image : 15 Nov 2013

Little Gull [Hydrocoloeus minutus]

Adults, with mixed terns – Location : RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2014

Black-legged Kittiwake [Rissa tridactyla tridactyla]

Breeding plumage adult of nominate – Location : Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England – Date of image : 24 Jun 2009

Black-legged Kittiwake [Rissa tridactyla tridactyla]

Breeding plumage adult of nominate with chick – Location : Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2014

Black-legged Kittiwake [Rissa tridactyla tridactyla]

Nesting breeding plumage adults of nominate – Location : Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2014

Black-legged Kittiwake [Rissa tridactyla tridactyla]

Breeding plumage adult of nominate – Location : Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England – Date of image : 24 Jun 2009

Andean Gull [Chroicocephalus serranus]

Non-breeding adult (L) and possible immature – Location : Arica, Chile – Date of image : 18 Sep 2012

Brown-hooded Gull [Chroicocephalus maculipennis]

Breeding adult – Location : The Maipo River wetland and nature park, Santo Domingo, San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region, Chile – Date of image : 27 Jul 2013

Brown-hooded Gull [Chroicocephalus maculipennis]

Breeding adult – Location : The Maipo River wetland and nature park, Santo Domingo, San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region, Chile – Date of image : 27 Jul 2013

Brown-hooded Gull [Chroicocephalus maculipennis]

Adult, transitional to non-breeding plumage – Location : Laguna Conchali, near Los Vilos, Coquimbo Region, Chile – Date of image : 15 Jan 2014