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Two Oystercatchers perched on a rock
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Image details:  
Image Description: Two Oystercatchers perched on a rock
Image notes: Two Shalders on sentry duty.
Species in Image: Oystercatcher
Date: 1987
Area:
Old Haa Image Reference Number: btc00693

General details:  
Common Name Oystercatcher
Latin Name Haematopus ostralegus
Shetland Name Shalder
Latin Group Name Charadriiformes
Latin Family Name Haematopodidae
Common Family Name Oystercatcher
Description Common breeding bird, most migrate south for the winter. In 1984, a census gave the local population as between 800 and 1000 pairs. Breeding birds are back near their territory in Feb/March.
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