Martin Grace Photography | Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), River Spey, Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Kingussie, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) landing on a sandbank, Leighton Moss, Lancashire, England

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) sitting on her nest in the middle of the Highland Wildlife Park car park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) sitting on her nest in the Highland Wildlife Park car park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) sitting on her nest in the middle of the Highland Wildlife Park car park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Three to four day old chick of Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Highland Wildlife Park car park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Three to four day old chicks of Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Highland Wildlife Park car park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Three to four day old chick of Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) burrowing under mother's wing to be brooded, Highland Wildlife Park car park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) with 3 to 4 day-old chick, Highland Wildlife Park, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Two three to four day old chicks of Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) burrow under their mother's wings to be brooded, Highland Wildlife Park, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) with her 3 to 4 day-old chick, car park of Highland Wildlife Park, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) sits on the nest, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) feeds an earthworm to its 3-4 day-old chick, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) feeds an earthworm to its 3-4 day-old chick, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland: interpolated crop of the previous image

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) probes the ground for food for its 3-4 day-old chick, which lies flat-out on the ground, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) feeds an earthworm to its 3-4 day-old chick, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) feeds an earthworm to its 3-4 day-old chick, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland: interpolated crop of the previous image

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) holding an earthworm in its bill, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland: a small image

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) probing for invertebrate food in short turf, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) watching closely as its 3-4 day-old chick eats the earthworm it has just given it, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Note the plastic litter in the image.

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) feeds a larva to its 3-4 day-old chick, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) attacking a Thorold's (or White-Lipped) Deer (Przewalskium (or Cervus) albirostris) that had encroached too close to its nest, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland