Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Key Findings

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) are a common resident bird that tend to breed in a wide range of habitats including urban rooftops, farmland and coastal areas, out with the breeding season they tend to be more coastal.
They are an amber list species with a British population of ninety six thousand pairs. This reduced by 21% between 1995 and 2022.
On coastal sites in the North East of Scotland numbers are showing a small downward trend on the Ythan but are stable and Girdleness and Peterhead.
Aberdeen is famous for having a very well studied population of roof nesting Oystercatchers.

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Notes

Species classifications

Webs count methodology

Linked Information Sheets

Key sources of Information

General information on the species via the British Trust for Ornithology

Records from the North East of Scotland Bird Report

Roof nesting Oystercatchers

Reviewed on/by

06/11/24 by Ian Hay

Status

Live. Next update due 06/11/25

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