1. Almost a big as an oystercatcher, it is all white with black on the wings and back.

2. Instead of the usual scapegoating of oystercatchers, local fishermen recognise that their fortunes are closely tied to those of the birds.

3. In the Wash oystercatchers are innocent victims of the collapse of the estuary's cockle fishery.

4. Oystercatchers may wedge the shells into a crevice and chip away at the lip.

5. Tundra and high northern moorland, feeding mainly on lemmings and birds the size of Ptarmigan and Oystercatcher.

6. In winter it is given over to turnstones, purple sandpiper, oystercatchers and other shellfish-eating birds.

7. The visits to the beach became an almost daily occurrence, as Roberts searched for aurochs, oystercatchers, or crane.

8. The species included the wren, nuthatch, starling and also waterbirds such as the oystercatcher, curlew and redshank.