Scientific name:

Sterna sandvicensis

About:

A large tern, about 40cm long. Whiteish-grey above and white below, with a large black cap and a shaggy black crest. Short black legs and a black bill with a yellow tip. Sandwich terns feed on fish which they catch by diving into the water, fishing out at sea.

How to identify:

<p>Identified by the combination of large size with shortish tail, black bill with a yellow tip and shaggy black cap.</p>

Fantastic facts:

Named after Sandwich Bay in Kent, one of three birds to be named after Kent: the others are Kentish Plover and Dartford Warbler.