2008 saw the most productive year for the Crimdon little terns ever recorded. What better way to follow that then than with an even better year in 2009… from a maximum of 60 birds sitting on eggs in June they managed to produce an amazing 118 fledged chicks. Not only is this the largest number of chicks ever produced by the colony it also represents an amazing productivity for a bird which across its range usually struggles to get one chick per nest to fledging. The other good news is the increase in number of pairs nesting from a decline down to 47 pairs up to 60. We can only hope that this is the start of a turn around in nesting numbers.