National Trust conservationists warn that the seabirds are facing mounting pressure from rising seas and stronger storms due to climate change – as well as bird flu, which has devastated seabird ...

Of all migrating birds, the Arctic tern flies the farthest -- braving cold, wind, storms, predators and starvation to travel from as far as upper Greenland to the shores of Antarctica. But little ...

The birds flying highest, furthest and fastest. The birds diving deepest, ... it must be the Arctic tern. This is the bird that roves over more of the planet than any other creature.

More about the birds. Baluss’ Arctic tern talk, ... They do that flying in a hurry, and an Arctic tern can fly up to 35 mph. [Researcher talks about world’s most endangered bears] ...

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James Porteus, area ranger at Long Nanny, said that by this time last year, the first few cases of bird flu had been confirmed and 1,329 Arctic terns – 1,066 chicks and 263 adults – died from ...

Some birds make long treks south during wintertime, but the Arctic tern bests them all, flying on average 44,000 miles on its annual migration from pole to pole, according to a new study.

Suspected bird flu has killed more than 600 Arctic tern chicks at Britain’s largest mainland breeding colony. National Trust rangers wearing hazmat suits recovered the dead birds at the Long ...

Arctic tern chicks are under threat at Long Nanny, in Northumberland, where more than 600 dead birds have been picked up by rangers. Credit: Mandy Fall Hundreds of dead chicks have been recovered ...

A quarter of Arctic tern chicks have been wiped out in a suspected bird flu outbreak at Long Nanny on the Northumberland Coast. The coastal site near Beadnell is home to Britain's largest mainland ...

Numbers of Arctic terns nesting at a key breeding site have dropped by nearly a third this year, as experts warn climate change and disease are hitting the rare birds.. Some of the UK’s rarest ...