Oystercatcher
There is a population of Oystercatchers on the lagoon at Brownsea Island all year, though they can often be seen around the harbour area foraging for food in the mud.
This family of Oystercatcher seemed to stay in the lagoon, on the mud outside the hide, the chicks generally sheltering by the reeds while the adults went out collecting food.
The adult birds are determined in looking after their young having fought off a Black Headed Gull who attempoted to take a chick... the chick escaped unscathed through the parents intervention.
This family of Oystercatcher seemed to stay in the lagoon, on the mud outside the hide, the chicks generally sheltering by the reeds while the adults went out collecting food.
The adult birds are determined in looking after their young having fought off a Black Headed Gull who attempoted to take a chick... the chick escaped unscathed through the parents intervention.
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