This dead oystercatcher could have been a victim of the prolonged cold and windy weather that has been hitting Britain for the last week or so (the so-called 'Beast from the East'). A bitter east wind was blowing when I took this picture. I saw more dead birds than usual along the shoreline today.
Uploaded to Geograph by Karl and Ali on 2 March 2018
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