Andrew Kelly Wildlife and Landscape Photography

Oystercatcher Searches Grass For Chick

Oystercatcher Searches Grass for chick

 

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This Oystercatcher was looking for its chick after the field was harvested for hay. On the way up this road, I had stopped and looked at them because the field was being cut. Sadly on the way back down, both parent were frantically searching the grass for their chick.

 

Name:

Oystercatcher

 

Scientific Name:

Haematopus ostralegus

 

Status:

Wild