Colour ringed Oystercatchers and Brent Geese

Oystercatcher  feeding on grassland. This is a successful way to find food. Earth worms  are very high in protein.

This is quite a collection of jewelry and it should be quite easy to find out what scheme they belong to.

They use the long beak to probe deep in o the turf and soil beneath,

Oystercatchers are never easy to get really close to. They are a wading bird that will take advantage of any nearby fields to feed on worms which they probe for in just the same manner as they do on the shore. These were on grass near to Powderham and I took the opportunity to photograaph them using the car as a hide. I was quite interested to see that at least two of a flock of a hundred or so, were sporting a collection of rings, obviously part of a ringing study. I will do some investigation over he next few days and it will be fascinating to find out where they originate.

This is a Brent Goose, they over-winter on the River Exe in Devon close to Exeter.