Oystercatcher on landing approach to Brownsea Lagoon

Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset (May 2010)

Also known as Common/European/Northern Pied Oystercatcher.

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Eurasian Oystercatcher / Internet Bird Collection
Eurasian Oystercatcher / Bird Forum
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Haematopus ostralegus