On a recent visit to Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, I had the pleasure to watch and photograph some Common Terns feeding their youngsters at close range.  Viewing them from the aptly named Tern Hide overlooking Ibsley Water, the young terns perched on posts only a few feet from the windows.

Here is a profile picture of one of the juvenilles sitting on one of said posts.

I was also fortunate enough to get this sequence of images as a parent bird fed some fish.

As the day was wet and windy, I also had the hide, almost to myself – so was able to record some video with the birds sounds on it.  You can view and hear it below.