Lesser Crested Tern

1.00). 1984 Farne Islands, 4th to 13th August; presumed same as Cleveland.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 556).

1.01). 1985 Farne Islands, female, 16th May to 18th July; presumed same as 1984 individual.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 556).

1.02). 1986 Hauxley, 2nd July; same, Farne Islands NT, 14th to 15th May, 20th May, 1st June, 8th July and 10th July when associating with chick in colony of Sandwich Terns T. sandvicensis; presumed same as 1984-85 individual.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 545; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 567).

1.03). 1987 Farne Islands, female, 18th May to 20th June, apparently paired with Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, sitting on two eggs by 25th, nest later waterlogged, one egg lost; sat on other to 11th June; presumed same as 1986 individual.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 531).

1.04). 1987 Holy Island, 16th August; presumed same as Cleveland, Yorkshire, Lothian individual.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 567).

1.05). 1988 Farne Islands, female, 5th to 7th May, 18th May to 5th June, 13th July; same, Hauxley, 23rd June; same, Cresswell Pond, 10th August; same, Tynemouth Haven, 12th August; presumed returning individual.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 567).

1.06). 1989 Farne Islands, female, 7th May to 1st July, photo, paired with Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, one young raised to flying stage; presumed same, Seaton Sluice, adult, 31st July; presumed returning individual of 1988.

(Birding World 2 (6): 200, photos; Birding World 7 (8): 315, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 468, plate 266).

1.07). 1990 Farne Islands, female, 30th April to 19th August, paired with Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, one young hatched, not reared to fledging stage; presumed returning individual of 1989.

(Birding World 6 (7): 267, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 476).

1.08). 1991 Farne Islands, female, 14th May to 18th August, photo, again paired with Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, breeding not proved; presumed same, Hauxley, 16th June; presumed returning 1990 individual.

(Birding World 4 (7): 232, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 85: 531, plate 223).

1.09). 1992 Farne Islands, female, 1st May to 21st July, photo, again paired with Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, mating observed 31st May, one young raised to flying stage; presumed same, Long Nanny, 19th May, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, 22nd July; also in Suffolk; presumed returning individual of 1991.

(Birding World 5 (12): 469, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 492, plate 167; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 533; M. A. Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, British Birds 88: 85).

1.10). 1993 Farne Islands, female, intermittently, 3rd May to 8th August; presumed returning individual of 1992.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 533).

1.11). 1994 Farne Islands, female, intermittently, 29th April to 24th August, photo, again paired with Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, one egg hatched, no young reared; presumed same, Hauxley, 4th June; same, Cresswell Pond, 3rd July; presumed returning individual of 1993.

(Birding World 7 (7): 262, photo; Birding World 7 (8): 312, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 88: 520, plate 157).

1.12). 1995 Farne Islands, female, intermittently, 2nd May to 28th August, photo; nested twice, first clutch abandoned, chick from second lost; all identical to Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, but no mate identified; same, Lindisfarne NNR, 18th June; same, Cresswell Pond, 4th July; same, Hauxley, 8th to 9th July; same, Tynemouth, 11th July, again, 29th to 30th July; same, Long Nanny, 13th July; all presumed returning individual of 1994.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 89: 507).

1.13). 1996 Farne Islands, female, 16th May to 13th August, paired with Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, one young reared; presumed returning individual.

(Birding World 9 (7): 257, photo; Birding World 9 (8): 294, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 487; M. A. Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, British Birds 92: 143).

1.14). 1997 Farne Islands, 3rd May to 31st July, again paired with Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis, incubating by 25th May, one egg hatched 10th June, young fledged by 8th July, colour-ringed young seen La Paracou, near Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France, 23rd September; presumed returning individual of 1996.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 482; M. A. Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, British Birds 92: 415).