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Story summary
- RSPB staff and volunteers rebuilt Pagham harbour sandwich tern colony to 756 pairs after 2022 bird-flu loss.
- Sandwich terns produced 570 fledglings this summer, one of the Solent’s largest colonies.
- Black-headed gull fledglings rose ten-fold from 51 in 2025 to 504 in 2026.
- Avocets nested 18 pairs on new islands.
- Floating rafts at Medmerry and West Hayling gave predator-free nesting for common terns and gulls.