Tump Island

Location: Carteret County       Total Size: 5 acres

Site Description: 

Habitats: open, bare sandy beach, marsh

Land Use: wildlife conservation

Primary Threats: disturbance to birds, erosion

Protection Status: The site is protected and managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and is part of the Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Conservation Issues: 

Birds: Tump Island has long supported nesting wading birds, gulls, terns and skimmers.  The island has been battered in recent years by storms, but habitat remains suitable for nesting waterbirds. 

Key Bird Species

Criteria

  

Season

Number

  

2

Gull-billed Tern

B

11 prs.

  

4a

Forster's  Tern

B

71 prs.

  

4a

Common Tern

B

55 prs.

  
  Laughing Gull B 80 prs.  
  Great Egret B 2 prs.  
  Glossy Ibis B 8 prs.  

B=Breeding    FM=Fall Migration     SM=Spring Migration     W=Winter

Sources:

NC Colonial Waterbird Database