Oystercatcher chick video
May 2011. Oystercatchers are a bird success story right now. 12 years ago they didn't breed anywhere in Gloucestershire, but wow there are 10 breeding pairs at WWT Slimbridge. WWT have provided them with shingle islands on the wetlands, ideal habitat for breeding, and they return each year to breed. As they are ground-nesting birds, the water protects them from predators..........................














