Place: The Zwin near Knokke
Date: 4 May 2013.
Place: Marros Sands, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 October 2012.
[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]
The sound of the oystercatcher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the oystercatcher across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 