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  1. Eurasian Oystercatchers Piping Display

    Eurasian Oystercatchers Piping Display

    In April 2022 I have often seen groups of Eurasian Oystercatchers on the North Frisian Island Amrum with a behavior as if they were "arguing". After some research, it seems like this is called piping display or piping ceremony. I have also read on German sites that this behavior is some communal...
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • amrum audio breeding breeding season calls common pied oystercatcher courtship eurasian oystercatcher haematopus ostralegus north frisian island oystercatcher piping piping ceremony piping display territorial video
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. Pied Avocets

    Pied Avocets

    In April 2022 I was lucky to film a small group of Pied Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) feeding at the Wadden Sea on the North Frisian Island Amrum in the German North Sea.
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • amrum avocet black-capped avocet eurasian avocet feeding north sea pied avocet recurvirostra recurvirostra avosetta video wadden sea
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Brant Geese (Branta bernicla) in Flight [Slow Motion]

    Brant Geese (Branta bernicla) in Flight [Slow Motion]

    Brant Geese or Brent Geese flying in slow motion. Coast of the North Frisian Island Amrum on the German North Sea coast.
    • Michael Billerbeck
    • Media item
    • amrum bird in flight birds in flight brant geese brant goose branta branta bernicla brent geese brent goose coast germany north frisian island north sea coast sea coast slow motion video
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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