The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird that has been in severe decline for many years.
There are several reasons for this. One reason is that small fish that the common tern is dependent on have diminished greatly
in the later years.
Another reason is that the common tern is exposed in the nesting places of birds of prey and predators.
Therefore, few places this bird finds a nesting place.
Here we see a nesting place today. These terns are nesting not far from the houses and human activity, which helps to keep birds of prey and predators as the American mink (Neovison vison) at a distance.
The spread of the American mink in Norway is due to the fact that mink in farms escaped and has formed a viable strain along the coast of the country
I hope the terns on this small island or the reef will bring out their little birds this year.
