Place: Orkney mainland near RSPB Marwick Head, Scotland
Date: 21 July 2017.
[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 