Oystercatcher

Possibly the noisiest bird around the coast, they are quite stocky with long orange bills to dig into the sand. Oh, and it eats cockles more than oysters. It has amber status, and you can see more on the RSPB site.

Seafield
02/05/10
dave henderson
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Currie
29/08/10
brian mason
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Firth of Forth
Cramond
22/07/10
anthony robson
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