On the way back from filming and photographing the Lizards at Horton's nose near Rhyl we spotted 2 Oyster catchers on a car park that had the barrier down and we noticed one was sitting across the far side of the car park and the other close to the entrance acting like a distraction. Not wanting to disturb them we decided to go and investigate from the fence around them and as we got closer the birds backed off and we noticed a nest and a lady with a dog walked straight past the nest and they did not react so i walked up to the nest and got a shot on my iPhone.
As I had 2 camcorders with me I decided to set them up on the nest and see if the parents were bothered by them and after setting up I backed off about 30-40metres away and within 4-5mins they came back to the nest from the sea wall across the road and chased gulls away from the area before settling on the nest and the footage was amazing to see such a skittish bird accept my cameras so close after 5 minutes of setting them up.
On the next post as we still had one more day in the Rhyl area to photograph and film dippers at Dyserth falls as well as track the Stonechats down on an area of scrub land near the sea where I filmed them in early spring.
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Mike
Great stuff! Not the wisest of places to nest I would think. Hope it has a successful outcome.
ReplyDeleteThankyou I am glad you like It seems to be safe enoungh for them as they are a few bushes they can hide in if the need to.
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