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Lake Bant tern colony

Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Lake Bant tern colony
Lake Bant tern colony. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Lake Bant tern colony is a breeding colony of common terns (Sterna hirundo) at Lake Bant (Banter See in German) in the port city of Wilhelmshaven, north-western Germany. It is the subject of a long-term research project carried out by the Institute of Avian Research (Heligoland Bird Observatory).

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