Elegant Tern

Habitat & behaviour

Habitat: Coast (very rare).
Diet: Fish.
Best time to spot: Pale orange bill; black shaggy cap.

Recent UK sightings

No community sightings logged in the last 30 days.

How to spot one

Open the live sightings map and filter to Elegant Tern. The map shows community sightings in the last 30 days, ranked by distance from your home, with hotspots and a heatmap layer for density.