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A Eurasian Oystercatcher flying on the island of Nólsoy, Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark.
A Eurasian Oystercatcher flying on the island of Nólsoy, Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark.
Credit: Ulrich Latzenhofer [1]
Tjaldur (Haematopus ostralegus), the National bird of the Faroe Islands. They leave in September to Britain and return on 12 March - a National holiday. A Tjaldur is pictured here flying on the island of Nólsoy.