Oystercatcher Nest by lifeat60degrees

Oystercatcher Nest

In the haste to get away from the Curlew's nest in my other post for today I nearly knocked into the strainer post containing this Oystercatcher nest. Here too the adult bird quickly returned to the nest and on my return home I found out I can with binoculars see the bird sitting on the nest.
What a cool nest
May 27th, 2022  
Great find and capture
May 27th, 2022  
Love the camouflaging colours.
May 27th, 2022  
Great spot for a nest!!!
May 28th, 2022  
Modern apartment nesting! A great image and nice mama returned quickly.
May 28th, 2022  
That's an unusual place for Oystercatchers to nest, they are ground nesters really. Though they do choose some silly nest sites at times. Many times I've seen them sitting in the stone drainage channels, right next to the thundering traffic of busy A roads.
May 29th, 2022  
@markp I have a photo from 2018 of an oystercatcher sitting on the same post. Also seen a few photos of other instances in Shetland.
May 30th, 2022  
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