It seems to me that Oystercatchers are birds with a great deal of attitude and a recent visit to Venus Pool Reserve has confirmed this observation. Last week I watched ( and photographed ) a pair of these birds disturbing the peace at the reserve on a beautiful Spring afternoon. This couple demonstrated their synchronised flying skills with a noisy and hair-raising display of formation flying and, when they were not indulging this passion, made sure that the other visitors to the pool were aware of their presence. A Curlew was chosen as the target for a low level ambush and had to take evasive action. All this activity took place in front of the "South" hide.
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