Monday, 30 May 2016

Oystercatchers near Stack Rocks


Generally fairly quiet in S Pembs at the moment.  However, I noticed a pair of Oystercatchers seemingly nesting high on a cliff-ledge near Stack Rocks the other day.  I know that the auk chicks take a blind leap of faith to get off their ledges, will Oystercatcher chicks do the same thing?  They are about 5m from the top of the cliff, so it is a long way down.  Time will tell, if they survive predation by gulls of course....