Welsh Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Sea Wall near Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 April 2017.


Place: Porthmadog, Gwynedd
Date: 4 April 2017.





Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.










Place: Llandona beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.



Place: Gogarth, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 1 October 2020.



Place: Porthor, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 6 December 2020.


Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.


Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the oystercatcher across the British Isles

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