国家の 信用 あられ／賞賛するs 復活 of little tern nesting 場所／位置
A 植民地 of one of the country’s rarest seabirds has had its most reproductive season in １０年間s after 国家の 信用 特別奇襲隊員s （軍の）野営地，陣営d out for three months to 保護する the nesting 場所／位置.
They shouted, shone たいまつs and waved their 武器 to 脅す off predators 意図 on eating fledgling little terns on a stretch of the Northumberland shore where 非，不，無 生き残るd last year.
Little tern numbers have been in serious 拒絶する／低下する since the 1980s, with より小数の than 2,000 産む／飼育するing pairs left in the UK.
重さを計るing about the same as a tennis ball, little terns are one of the smallest seabirds in the UK.
They lay 偽装するd eggs on the beach, often の近くに to the high water line, and are 攻撃を受けやすい to predators.
Last year 嵐／襲撃する 圧力をかけて脅す（悩ます）’s 激しい 勝利，勝つd and rain meant 非，不，無 育てる／巣立つd from the 国家の 信用’s Long Nanny 場所／位置, 近づく Beadnell, because 40 産む／飼育するing pairs were 軍隊d from their nests.
A little tern and its chick (RSPB/PA)
But this summer there was a welcome 上げる as 54 fledglings left the beach to start their long 移住 to west Africa.
（一定の）期間s of better 天候, 24-hour 監視 by 特別奇襲隊員s and the natural 創造 of a high spit on the beach resulted in the highest number of little tern chicks since 1990.
From May, five 特別奇襲隊員s 補助装置d by volunteers （軍の）野営地，陣営d in テントs next to the 産む／飼育するing 場所／位置, through extremes of 勝利，勝つd, rain and heat, to keep them 安全な.
Predators 含むing foxes, peregrine falcons, crows and gulls were kept at bay by the 特別奇襲隊員s who used a thermal 範囲 to （悪事，秘密などを）発見する 侵入者s before 警告 them off.
They also spoke to 訪問者s about the rare birds and collected data about them and other 種類.
Results were also good at Blakeney Point in Norfolk, the 信用 said, where 特別奇襲隊員s 報告（する）／憶測d better than 普通の／平均（する） little tern 生産性.
Fey Young, assistant 特別奇襲隊員 at Long Nanny, said: “From keeping predators at bay to 取引，協定ing with high tides, we have 保護するd the 場所／位置 night and day for almos t three months.
“We’re 極端に proud to have such a high number of fledglings and hope to see them again in a few years when they return to 産む／飼育する.”
