Description
L 21-24cm, WS 43-49cm. Breeds on mainly stony or rocky coasts and in treeless archipelagos: wary, keeping watch from top of shore or boulder. Winters in a variety of coastal habitats. Food highly varied; uses bill to turn over stones or seaweed to obtain prey beneath. Nest on ground. This is a Bird that mostly is to be seen along (stony) Coasts in the Netherlands in Winter. The Picture is made during a short Stay on the Isle of Texel (the Netherlands) in October 2021.