Beachcombing

The Hall of Einar Sunday Review #8

Found – Beachcombing in Orkney by Keith Allardyce and Namer of Clouds by Kitty Macfarlane

It’s getting more and more unusual to find Russian corks on the beaches and sea caves on Westray. Here are some sheltering …

There are precious few trees on Westray. Wood for buildings was a scarce material and driftwood was always salvaged by Islanders and …

The coast of Westray is beautiful. Beautiful, but blighted. It’s the recipient of plastic rubbish from across the ocean. There are more …

Westray is full of Neolithic, Iron Age and Bronze Age middens; rubbish dumps full of wonderful finds. If you live on a …

They say ‘Take only pictures, leave only footsteps,’ but we decided to take a footstep home. I just need to draw a …

I’m on the beach when I see a few different Flat Periwinkles. I’m fascinated by their different colours and patterns.

Orkney had a substantial Italian Prisoner of War population in the Second World War. They were specially commandeered for building work to …

The rock pools of Westray are magnificent underwater gardens. Here, red Coral Weed makes a frondy jungle.

There are corks jammed tight into the cracks in the rock in this Westray cave.

I recognised this piece of pottery on a Westray beach instantly. It’s that bit attached to a telegraph pole which insulates it. …

There are many Groatie Buckies on Westray’s beaches. It takes real dedication to find them, though.

Bones picked clean, floats, driftwood branches and strange objects all collected in a box; I love beachcombing.

The scientific name of the beautiful Groatie Buckie is Trivia arctica. Its name comes from the Latin trivia, the plural of trivium …

I love beachcombing so I was delighted to find this metal buoy rusting on a beach; A beautiful find.

Window ledge beachcombing finds