This name is used to refer to three sites in Anglesey, North Wales which support breeding terns: [The Isle of] Anglesey or Anglesea (Welsh: [Ynys] Môn, pronounced as U-niss Mawn, in IPA), is an island and county at the north western extremity of North Wales. ... North Wales is the northernmost region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... Genera Sterna (Gelochelidon) (Hydroprogne) (Thalasseus) Chlidonias Phaetusa Anous Procelsterna Gygis Larosterna Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily Sterninae of the gull family Laridae. ...
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The Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae.
Roseate Tern's thin sharp bill is fl, with a red base which develops through the breeding season, and is more extensive in the tropical and southern hemisphere races.
At one colony on Coquet Island, Northumberland, the population rose from 25 pairs (1997) to 92 pairs (2005) after nestboxes were provided.
Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn, pronounced /ˌɐnɪs'mo:n/ (IPA), roughly unniss mawn), is an island and county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales.
Anglesey is a relatively low-lying island with slight risings such as Parys Mountain, Cadair Mynachdy (or Monachdy, i.e., "chair of the monastery"; there is a Nanner, "convent", not far away), Mynydd Bodafon and Holyhead Mountain.
Anglesey (together with Holy Island) is one of the thirteen traditional counties of Wales.
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