Similar species: the black and smudgy morphs are distinctive. (Courtesy of Catherine Edwards), A clapper rail preens at Pleasure House Point in Virginia Beach. call / song. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatchers-in-flight-in-the-bristol-channel-86377319.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-photo-art-oystercatcher`s-in-flight-113361071.html, Oystercatchers in flight around the Isles of Scilly, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatchers-in-flight-around-the-isles-of-scilly-31341768.html, Flock of European Oystercatchers in flight, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-flock-of-european-oystercatchers-in-flight-26648455.html, Two black oystercatchers in flight, British Columbia, Canada, https://www.alamy.com/two-black-oystercatchers-in-flight-british-columbia-canada-image243431511.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-flock-of-european-oystercatchers-in-flight-26648479.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatchers-in-flight-89938998.html, https://www.alamy.com/oystercatchers-in-flight-image66190240.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-flock-of-european-oystercatchers-in-flight-26648503.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatchers-in-flight-31752841.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatchers-in-flight-21476110.html, Animal, Bird, Oystercatchers in flight, Blue sky, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-animal-bird-oystercatchers-in-flight-blue-sky-41833626.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatchers-in-flight-31752820.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatchers-in-flight-21473322.html, Flock of Common Pied Oystercatchers / Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) in flight, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-flock-of-common-pied-oystercatchers-eurasian-oystercatcher-haematopus-52862684.html, Two Sooty Oystercatchers, Haematopus fuliginosus, in flight over rocks and waters of Pacific Ocean in Queensland Australia, https://www.alamy.com/two-sooty-oystercatchers-haematopus-fuliginosus-in-flight-over-rocks-and-waters-of-pacific-ocean-in-queensland-australia-image360180252.html, palaearctic oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), in flight, Switzerland, Valais, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-palaearctic-oystercatcher-haematopus-ostralegus-in-flight-switzerland-86048679.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-flock-of-common-pied-oystercatchers-eurasian-oystercatcher-haematopus-52862676.html. Pixel Perfect Reproduction check . Flock of Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) flying over the sea in West Sussex, England, UK. Oystercatchers in flight in the Bristol Channel. Other waders. (Courtesy of Alison Cooper), A male and female grosbeak feed from a feeder in the Creeds section of Virginia Beach. Common, conspicuous, and often noisy large wader (shorebird) of varied coastal habitats, especially beaches and mudflats; also nearby fields and locally inland. Copyright complaints ~
Flying in groups close to the water just off shore, Oystercatchers’ distinctive whistle-like call sounds like ‘plee-ah plee-ah’. Adults also use piercing screech and squawk calls and softer calls are made in flight. Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, Sussex, UK, https://www.alamy.com/three-oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-in-flight-rye-harbour-nature-image69706371.html, Eurasian Oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, in flight over Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, UK, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-eurasian-oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-in-flight-over-morecambe-173080572.html, Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) flock in flight along shoreline, RSPB Titchwell reserve, North Norfolk, UK, https://www.alamy.com/oystercatcher-haematopus-ostralegus-flock-in-flight-along-shoreline-rspb-titchwell-reserve-north-norfolk-uk-image270780446.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-eurasian-oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-in-flight-over-morecambe-167544499.html. (Courtesy of Steve Daniel), A blue jay takes flight in a backyard in the Birchwood neighborhood in Virginia Beach. Oystercatchers , small flock in flight over water, Kent UK, https://www.alamy.com/bird-oystercatchers-small-flock-in-flight-over-water-kent-uk-image357264062.html, https://www.alamy.com/eurasian-oystercatchers-in-flight-their-latin-name-are-haematopus-ostralegus-image363460406.html, Three Oystercatcher birds in flight against a blue sky, https://www.alamy.com/three-oystercatcher-birds-in-flight-against-a-blue-sky-image357648579.html, Oystercatcher in flight - Haematopus palliatus, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatcher-in-flight-haematopus-palliatus-59924455.html, https://www.alamy.com/eurasian-oystercatchers-in-flight-their-latin-name-are-haematopus-ostralegus-image363460402.html, Sanderling, Calidris alba, in flight over roosting Oystercatchers, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, UK, https://www.alamy.com/sanderling-calidris-alba-in-flight-over-roosting-oystercatchers-morecambe-bay-lancashire-uk-image233164514.html, https://www.alamy.com/eurasian-oystercatchers-in-flight-their-latin-name-are-haematopus-ostralegus-image363502169.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oystercatcher-in-flight-haematopus-palliatus-59924469.html, https://www.alamy.com/sanderling-calidris-alba-in-flight-over-roosting-oystercatchers-morecambe-bay-lancashire-uk-image233164578.html, https://www.alamy.com/eurasian-oystercatchers-in-flight-their-latin-name-are-haematopus-ostralegus-image363502198.html, Eurasian Oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, in flight, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, UK, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-eurasian-oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-in-flight-morecambe-176464361.html, Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) Flying over Porlock Marsh in the Fading Evening Light, Porlock, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK, https://www.alamy.com/oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-flying-over-porlock-marsh-in-the-fading-evening-light-porlock-exmoor-national-park-somerset-uk-image347586150.html, https://www.alamy.com/eurasian-oystercatchers-in-flight-their-latin-name-are-haematopus-ostralegus-image363502483.html, Eurasian Oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, in flight, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, UK, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-eurasian-oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-in-flight-morecambe-176464375.html, https://www.alamy.com/oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-flying-over-porlock-marsh-in-the-fading-evening-light-porlock-exmoor-national-park-somerset-uk-image347586083.html, https://www.alamy.com/eurasian-oystercatchers-in-flight-their-latin-name-are-haematopus-ostralegus-image363502506.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-eurasian-oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-in-flight-morecambe-176464320.html. https://www.alamy.com/detailed-side-view-close-up-of-uk-oystercatcher-bird-haematopus-ostralegus-isolated-in-midair-flight-facing-left-oystercatcher-flying-wings-spread-image242624838.html, https://www.alamy.com/eurasian-oystercatchers-in-flight-their-latin-name-are-haematopus-ostralegus-image363502511.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-eurasian-oystercatchers-haematopus-ostralegus-in-flight-morecambe-176464675.html, https://www.alamy.com/eurasian-oystercatchers-in-flight-their-latin-name-are-haematopus-ostralegus-image363502176.html, Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) in flight.