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Little Tern Sterna albifrons

The total breeding population of Little Tern in Croatia is estimated at about 60-70 pairs, therefore any new data indicating the breeding of this species can be significant for the survival and conservation of the population. On 3 Jun 2007, a pair of Little Tern Sterna albifrons was observed feeding their three fledged chicks in the western corner of the bay Sveti Ante harbour, on the island of Silba (UTM VK71): It was possible to approach the chicks to a distance at about 10 m before they took wing. As soon as we were a few meters away, the birds landed again on the rocks emerging above the sea, and the parents continued to feed them. In addition to the Little Terns, there were also one Common Tern Sterna hirundo and five Yellow-legged Gulls Larus cachinnans in the bay. Outside the bay, about 100-200 meters from the Little Terns, about 50 Shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis were swimming in the sea, close to each other. It is most likely that the Little Terns hatched their clutch on the pebbly beach.

Little Tern; Sterna albifrons; breeding; island Silba; Croatia

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