Oystercatcher

[WetSparks]

Strange, but there were no oysters around :)

40% crop, iso 100, f5.6, 1/400, 400mm of 100 -400L

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/745/Oystercatchers.jpg

[Joe T]

Nice natural capture there.

It's a shame the reflection isnt even better - that would really make the shot imo.

[moomike]

Some really nice colouring there & a very good image - not too keen on the beige border but the image is great :clap: :thumbs:

[geordieboy]

You did well to get so close. Oystercatcher is a bird I would love to get a decent picture of.

[matty]

very pretty!

[IanC_UK]

i keep missing pics ! :(

very nice, quite a hard bird to get decent pics of ! done well here ! :)

[WetSparks]

very nice, quite a hard bird to get decent pics of ! done well here ! :)

Thanks for that and yes I know what you mean, every time I moved the little b*****s hid behind the rocks. I just had to sit there, have another ciggy and bide my time, worth it though :)