Two sixth form students from Glenlola Collegiate, Bangor and Royal Belfast Academical Institute have spent the summer helping RSPB carry out research as part of a Nuffield Science Bursary project. The project looked at common and arctic terns, which breed on a small artificial island at RSPB's Belfast Harbour Reserve and aimed to find out whether the number of chicks hatched was sufficient to support a successful colony. They presented their research at a celebratory event last week at Queen's University Belfast.

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