They do breed on gravelled roundabouts and similar things up north so that won't affect them. Their normal nest is on the ground, amongst shingle or rubble, and often on bare earth in the middle of fields inland, with three eggs incubated for nearly four weeks. Look for breeding birds in summer at RSPB coastal reserves. In winter, you can see large numbers on major estuaries, such as Morecambe … In Aberdeen and other Scottish towns, they have even been known to nest on rooftops! There is plenty of blue sky at the moment and we have about seven months or more without rain each year in Broome. Oystercatchers are found in all the continents exept Antarctica What is a robin's nest made out of? The Pied Oystercatchers do not spend all of the day on the nest initially and when the tide is out they have a huge area to feed on the beach as you can see from the header photo.

A robin's nest is made out of mud with various twigs in it. The Cotswold Water park sightings website. In Scotland some birds nest in the tops of rotting fence-posts and a similar habit has taken hold amongst Oystercatchers alongside the Manchester Ship Canal at Frodsham Marsh (SJ47T/ Z) where up to four pairs now nest in the tops of wooden … It's possible to see oystercatchers on almost all coasts of the UK. On roundabouts they would have to put up with predators but perhaps not cats as they would in a domestic environment. When to see. Facts. Oystercatchers: Habitat: Coastal beaches, tidal flats. During the breeding season, however, they can be found much further inland thanks to populations moving along linear waterways. If you feel they are in danger then Alan's idea is probably a good one but you would really need an expert to work out how to move them. One further species of oystercatcher became extinct in the 20th century and some of those still surviving are now … Strictly coastal, in areas with extensive sand beaches, tidal mudflats, salt marsh. Key element is presence of good food supply, such as oyster beds, clam flats. Widespread around the coast and also nest inland on gravel pits and large rivers. During the winter, oystercatchers are still very much a bird of tidal estuaries and rocky shores. Within this environment, they prefer sandy, shelly beaches for nesting but also nest on sandy spots in saltmarshes and even on mats of dead vegetation (wrack) in the upper part of saltmarshes. American Oystercatchers are found only in intertidal areas and adjacent beaches, especially barrier islands with few or no predators. May nest among dunes, on islands in salt marsh, or on dredge spoil islands. January – December. There are twelve species of oystercatcher in the world, all of which look very similar, being either black and white or plain black, with a red bill and pinky legs.