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Common tern (Sterna hirundo)

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Common tern (Sterna hirundo)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Common tern Gulls, terns and skimmers Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives Birds Chordate Animals
Visdief Meeuwen Steltloperachtigen Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Sterna hirundo Laridae Charadriiformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Stellendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

2014:05:04 17:25:26
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1600 sec at F8.0, ISO 320, distance 29.85 m

Fish thief after a successful catch.

Vogelplas Starrevaart (Leidschendan, Zuid-Holland, Nederland)

2020:07:12 13:39:04
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
NIKON D7500 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, 1/1000 sec at F9.0, ISO 160, distance 10.00 m

Stellendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

2014:05:30 20:40:08
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/800 sec at F6.3, ISO 320, distance 19.95 m

Fish thief in the evening light.

De Groenzoom (Berkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland)

2020:04:15 10:21:32
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
NIKON D7500 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, 1/2500 sec at F8.0, ISO 250, distance 14.96 m

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