Crested courtship – a real tern on

Sorry about the pitiful pun… but some things are just inescapable! Just about every species has some special moves to win over that special someone, and Crested Terns (Sterna bergii) sure do have style! Take a walk at a beach near you in early spring and you might see what I mean. To attract a [...]

Arctic ‘blow-in’ turns up at Mordi

Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) are determined little critters who don’t do things by halves! From August to October each year they fly southwards almost continuously from their breeding grounds near the Arctic Circle to spend summer on the Antarctic ice. One of their migratory routes spreads westward into the southern Atlantic Ocean and eastward into [...]

Hard-working Soldier Crabs clean up

With so much organic matter washed into the Bay after heavy rains we’re lucky to have a dedicated team on patrol to clean up the muck.  Soldier crabs (Mictyris platycheles) are known to gather in thousands where sandflats and mudflats merge. They chew through huge amounts of sand to find and eat tiny particles of [...]

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