Oystercatchers Gallery

Oystercatcher - Parent tending chicks on moorland

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Oystercatcher - Parent tending chicks on moorland
Northumberland, UK
Haematopus ostralegus
Duncan Usher
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Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, and Eurasian

Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, and Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Plie, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

Birds roost in trees at sunrise near the coastline of The Wash near Snettisham in east

Birds roost in trees at sunrise near the coastline of The Wash near Snettisham in east Britain, February 12, 2016. A spectacular display occurs when high tides force thousands of wading birds such as Knot and Oystercatcher off the mudflats and inland until the tide recedes. REUTERS/Toby Melville TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY