Sooty Tern

NOTE: 2021 BiN is stating that the 2020 individual at Howick on 29th July was accepted by BBRC, but this was not published in their 2021 report.

1). 1966 Inner Farne, Farne Islands, 21st June; presumed same as Suffolk, Norfolk. 

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 60: 322).

2.0). 2018 Brownsman, Farne Islands, 4CY+, 7th July, photo; presumed same, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, 19th July, photo; same, Long Nanny, 19th July, photo; also in North-east Scotland, Co. Durham. 

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 587; Birds in Northumbria 2018: photo).

2.1). 2019 Church Point, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, 5CY+, 9th July, photo; same, Cullernose Point, 5CY+, 9th July; same, Annstead Point, Seahouses, 5CY+, 9th July, photo; presumed returning 2018 individual; also in Cleveland, Co. Durham, Norfolk and Yorkshire. 

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 608; Birds in Northumbria 2019: photo).

2.2). 2020 St Mary's Island, 6CY+, 25th July; presumed same, Dunstanburgh Castle, Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Embleton, Howick, 6CY+, 28th July, photo; same as Suffolk; also seen Anglesey, Ayrshire; same as Cleveland, Co. Durham, Norfolk and Yorkshire 2019.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 589; Birds in Northumbria 2020: photo; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 576; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 692).