Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Status at Longham Lakes
Rare spring and summer migrant, with 6 records:.
1. 2 on 29th June 2005 (Trevor Thorpe).
2. 1 on the partially flooded Quarry, mid-June 2007 (Margaret Fromow).
3. 1 by the Longham Reservoir North on 14th April 2009 (Dominic Couzens)
4. 1 on the Quarry, 3rd May 2009 (Chris Parnell).
5. 2 flying around on 16th July 2013 (Chris Parnell).
6. 1 over south at 06.05 on 14th May 2014 (Roger Peart).