Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
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Status: Not at risk but declining

Habitat: Sparsely vegetated beaches

Water: new habitat exposed

Erosion: habitat reduction

Succession: habitat reduction

Gulls: eat eggs & chicks, compete for nesting grounds

Lythrum & Phragmites: habitat reduction

Management: control gull population, maintain habitat, biosoldier ?