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Eurasian oystercatchers
Haematopus ostralegus
54.0382, -2.87278
Field Notes
Description:
Large, compact and deep-chested. Striking combination of long and straight orange-red bill and black and white plumage. Broad white wing-bad conspicuous in flight. Legs pinkish. Vertically flattened, blade-like blunt-tipped bill specially adapted for hammering and opening cockles, mussels, etc.
Habitat:
Breeds on open flat coasts. Commonly feeds on tidal flats or fields and other open ground (generally no further than approximately 20km from sea, but locally much further inland). Roosts communally in winter. Nest is bare scrape on ground, preferably pebbly patches, sand or rocky ground to grassy meadows.
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Eurasian Oystercatcher
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PublishedOctober 27, 2011
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