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Originally Posted by Ryewolf90
The last 3 weeks I've been watching a pair of Oystercatchers on the River Calder who have been nesting near the weir at Whalley.
Last week was the first chance I got to see how many eggs they were sitting on.
I went down on Saturday evening, and alas the oystercatcher nest had got flooded after 12 hours of heavy rain, both the birds were still hanging around, either flying about the nest site or landing on what bit of the island remained above the water...
1. Oystercatcher
2. Settling down on the eggs
3. Flooded nest
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What a sad conclusion to the story.
Hope they build somewhere safer next time.