24 Jul 2008

Oyster Catcher

I have never seen this behaviour exhibited in my photograph depicting an Oyster Catcher swimming, have any other birders witnessed this happening?
Taken at Leysdown

2 comments:

  1. This behaviour is nothing unusual for waders. I've observed swimming Oystercatchers before at Sandwich Restharrow Scrape and have seen various other wader species swim over the years.

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  2. Hi Gerald
    Thanks for your comment, I have seen other waders swimming in the past, not that many though, but never an Oyster Catcher, I also suspect that a few of what I have seen have been on tippy-toes.
    Kind regards
    Dave

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