Sandwich Tern

On Sunday night (1/7) I ringed at Atlit. Nice catch of many juveniles, Little and Common Terns and a total of 62 terns caught included one Sandwich Tern. Sandwich Tern is common in winter and on migration but is fairly rare in summer. This is 2^nd calendar year bird and that doesn't breed yet, and is probably roaming the seas - although it breeds not too far away: last winter we received our first control of Sandwich Tern in Israel, from Bulgaria.

Another nice anecdote: on previous Sunday I ringed a Little Tern chick with wing-length of 108mm; this Sunday it got recaptured with wing-length of 135mm - 27mm growth in one week, 3.9mm per day on average this is fast!

Thanks to Francis and Rafi for their help this night.