Ann & Steve Toon / African (black) oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini), eating mussel, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / African (black) oystercatchers (Haematopus moquini) two resting on beach, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / African (black) oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) hunting on coastline, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / African (black) oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) standing on shoreline, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / African black oystercatchers (Haematopus moquini) feeding on shoreline, Southern Cape, South Africa May

Tony Phelps / African Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) resting on beach. Koppie Alleen, deHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, October

Peter Scoones / African black oystercatcher, Cape Aguthas, South Africa.

Peter Scoones / African black oystercatcher {Haematopus moquini}, Cape Aguthas, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) pair displaying, Western Cape, South Africa