Oystercatchers roosting at high tide at Hest Bank, Morecambe Bay, UK. Research has revealed that as temperatures start to warm numbers of shorebirds t

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Oystercatchers roosting at high tide at Hest Bank, Morecambe Bay, UK. Research has revealed that as temperatures start to warm numbers of shorebirds that overwinter in the UK are declining as conditions become more favourable for them to overwinter nearer to their breeding grounds.

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Keywords: bank, bay, bird, flight, fly, flying, haematopus, hest, high, kingdom, lancashire, morecambe, ostralegus, oystercatcher, roost, roosting, tide, uk, united, wader