CurriEco Nest record Scheme 2013 - BTO Nest Records.

What happened to our roof-nesting Oystercatchers?

Our remaining Oystercatcher chick flew off with its parents on the first weekend of the summer break, so June 29th or 30th.  They have probably gone to the coast. In some parts of the Forth coast people call them Mussel-peckers because they see them feeding on shellfish on the rocks.

On a visit to our roof we found the shallow scrape in some moss, hardly a nest, where the eggs had originally been laid.  Since the chick was ringed there is a possibility that we will learn more about its life in the future.


A young oystercatcher. (This one is not ours though!)

The school buildings seem very quiet since they left!   Although there is a good chance the Oysterctachers have produced young here in previous years, this is the first time we are sure a chick grew to flying size!  Great!

That is the final chapter in the Nest Records story in 2013.  The remaining record cards will now be sent to the BTO. Thanks to all the Currie ecologists who took part in the monitoring and recording, and to everyone else who took an interest in our breeding birds this year!