Selected Oystercatchers, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: Feolin, Jura, Scotland
Date: 10 June 2022.


Place: Crossing between Colonsay and Oronsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.


Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.


Place: Blue Lagoon, Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire
Date: 13 August 2022.



Place: Murlough Bay, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 25 August 2022.



Place: Solva, Pembrokeshire
Date: 27 April 2023.


Place: Field South of Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 13 May 2023.



Place: West Coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 14 May 2023.



Place: Bae Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 14 May 2023.


[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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