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Largest breeding colony of rare sea bird calls Norfolk its home

The UK's largest breeding colony of Little Terns is at Sea Palling. Credit: Kevin Simmonds

Norfolk has become home to the UK's largest breeding colony of a rare sea bird.

Little terns travel from West Africa to breed on our coasts each summer.

Monitoring has discovered 169 nests on an area of beach near Sea Palling in east Norfolk.

The RSPB said chicks would be starting to find their feet and urged visitors to the area to be careful.

The UK's largest breeding colony of Little Terns is at Sea Palling. Credit: Kevin Simmonds