Sentences with phrase «oyster catcher»

As its name indicates, Oyster Bay is also a stronghold of one of the main efforts to conserve the African Oyster Catcher that makes the beaches here its home, and there is controlled use of 4x4 vehicles and noisy motorbikes along the beaches.

MY FAVOURITE bird WATCHING SPOT IS to sit on the wooden deck at Whale Watchers Inn, overlooking the garden, watching the Cape Sugar birds and a variety of other birds feeding at the bird feeders OR sitting on the sand dunes in front of Whale Watchers Inn and watch the water birds, especially the Black Oyster Catchers (which were on the red alert list in 1980) busy feeding on the rocks and in the rock pools.

If they're lucky, tourists may also spot a few rare birds such as pelicans, sandpipers, crested terns, pied oyster catchers and maybe a couple of white - bellied eagles.

The small village is proud of the long strip of golden beach that stretches for miles along which one can walk for hours without coming across another person, and the access to bird life, particularly oyster catchers, is notable.

Among easily spotted birds are cormorants, brown pelicans, oyster catchers and the occasional snowy egret.

Boggoms Bay boasts a beach which stretches for miles, ideal for long walks and the chance to view the bird life, particularly the oyster catchers.

Bitterns and terns, oyster catchers, avocets and marsh harriers are among the species which make North Norfolk a prime site for birdwatching.

The most common species are: Red - tailed hawk, osprey, great blue and night herons, egrets, brown pelicans, cormorants, gulls, sandpipers, frigate birds, royal terns, blue footed and brown boobies, oyster catchers, grebes, kingfishers, and hummingbirds.

The nearby Verloren Vlei is well known for its abundant bird life while the beach is a great place to spot breeding pairs of Black Oyster Catchers.

BILLY CHILDISH Man and Woman Leaning on Boom (Oyster Catchers, Thames Estuary 1932), 2012 oil and charcoal on linen 72.05 x 108.07 inches 183 x 274.5 cm LM17199

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I woke in the morning to the eerie sound of curlews, and was lucky enough to spot plenty of herons and a few oyster - catchers.