Beachcombing

The Hall of Einar Sunday Review #8

Hello and welcome to my Sunday Review. Every week I read great wildlife and nature books, see engrossing websites and hear wonderful …

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