For the purposes of our bird news services, this species is classed as Common: common species, including species that are certain or probable escapees from captivity when occurring in the British Isles. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

Landguard NR, Suffolk 19/05/13	Broom GPs, Beds 19/05/13	Bough Beech Reservoir, Kent 16/05/13	Bough Beech Reservoir, Kent 16/05/13	Greece 03/05/13
Oxford Island NNR, Armagh 14/05/13	Oxford Island NNR, Armagh 14/05/13	Preston, Lancs 14/05/13	Staines Reservoirs, Surrey 10/05/13	Portmore Lough RSPB, Antrim 11/05/13
Staines Reservoirs, Surrey 10/05/13	Quoile Pondage, Down 07/05/13	Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 06/05/13	Pennington Marshes, Hants 05/05/13	Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 05/05/13
Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 05/05/13	Keyhaven Marshes, Hants 03/05/13	Keyhaven Marshes, Hants 03/05/13	Rutland Water, Leics 28/04/13	Startop's End Reservoir, Herts 10/04/13
Apex Leisure Park, Somerset 19/04/13	Heslington, N Yorks 18/04/13	Linlithgow Loch, Lothian 18/04/13	Linlithgow Loch, Lothian 18/04/13	Longham Lakes, Dorset 11/04/13

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Common Tern breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country, and a map of population densities):

Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Azores
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canary Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Madeira
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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