Two Oystercatchers observed on mudflats in eastern England have been identified as being in their 40s, having been ringed back in the 1980s.
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Norfolk bird surveyors find Britain’s oldest known oystercatchers
Birds in their 40s wintering on mudflats and coastal wetlands of the Wash received leg rings in early 1980s
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