Best practice guidance for the management and monitoring of tern colonies

1. Managing predators

• Anti-predator Fencing
• Canes to Deter Avian Predation
• Diversionary Feeding
• Large Gull Management

2. Habitat management, creation and restoration

• Chick Shelters
• Decoys and Lures
• Habitat Creation and Restoration
• Rafts and Structures
• Terraces and Nest Boxes
• Vegetation Management

3. Monitoring

• Monitoring Methods
• Prey Species Identification Sheets