Former China Southern aircraft purchased by start up airline Global Airlines. Came to Prestwick from the Mojave storage area via Montreal,Canada with wheels down all the way on 30 April 2024. Contract signed for heavy maintenance in Dresden before aircraft is refitted inside and hopefully ready for service by 2025.
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At Ballantrae harbour, a boat awaits the tide.....
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Caspian Tern is the biggest species of tern on the planet. Despite their geographic name they are widely distributed around the globe, across North America, Eurasia, Africa down to Australia and New Zealand. But they are patchily distributed and not very common. The entire global population is 50,000 pairs, whereas there are more pairs of Arctic Terns nesting in Britain alone than that (53,000). And when I said they were large they are 5 or 6 times heavier than an Arctic Tern, about the size of a large gull. Despite the wide global distribution there is almost no geographic variation. This one was resting on the shore at the north end of Vancouver Island and the white specks on the forehead show that it is just starting to moult out of breeding plumage. I have posted a few flight shots previously but this is my first perched one. They used to be in the same genus as Arctic Tern (Sterna) but were recently placed in a genus Hydroprogne (means water swallow) all by themselves.
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