Oystercatchers in Endon.

For the past few years I have seen Oystercatchers flying along the Endon Valley, perhaps following the route of the Caldon Canal or Endon Brook. I have also seen Oystercatchers at Tittesworth Reservoir (where at least one pair has bred in recent years and this have had produced three young), at Rudyard Lake (where they may also have bred this year), and in winter by a seasonal pool adjacent to the Caldon Canal (near the Churnet Valley Railway station at Cheddleton). Then this morning at about 05:30am 4 or 5 flew along Endon Valley. Perhaps this was a family party stretching their wings? I wonder if the Staffordshire Moorlands Oystercatcher population also visit the shores Stanley pool, and this is the reason I see them flying along the valley?

Two Oystercatchers at the edge of a frozen seasonal pool near Cheddleton February 2013.