Sterna sandvicensis

Sandwich Tern - Summer visitor. With pointed wings and forked tail. It has a yellow tip to the black bill. This identified them for me at Praia da Boca do Rio in Portugal. They are very quick and a pleasure to watch diving for surface fish which is their main diet. They winter in Africa. Sandwich terns are amber listed in Ireland due to localised breeding population. 

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