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 Eurasian Oystercatcher  Haematopus ostralegus

Ekkerøy, Finnmark, Norway  70° 04' 12.6" N  30° 06' 56.6" E  24 June 2019

Territorial song from Oystercatcher in response to an approaching intruder. Initially a rising, low-frequency trill (21 elements/sec), before breaking into a decelerating series of piercing weep (up- then down-slurred) elements. Also further quieter calls/elements from 9.3 sec.

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Glen Brerachan Water, Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland  56° 45' 17.6" N  03° 35' 26.2" W  12 June 2014

Calls from a territorial pair.

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Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire, Scotland  56° 45' 13.68" N  3° 34 '12.49" W  13 June 2012

Single call from an Oystercatcher flying west over Strathardle.

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Tsiknias River mouth, Lesvos, Greece  39° 12' 14.7" N  26° 13' 35.5" E  25 May 2017

Single call from a migrant flying over.

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River Thames, Rainham Marshes, Essex, England  51º 29' 15.35'' N  00º 13' 22.7'' E   30 March 2019

Calls from a spring migrant flying upriver through an acoustic slum.

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Purfleet, Essex, England  51º 28' 52.62'' N  00º 13' 56.11"' E   17 May 2020  [nocmig recording]

Call from an Oystercatcher in flight at night at 02:55.

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