
The Sand Ploughman
The name Sanderling is from the Old English sand-yrðling, or ‘sand-ploughman’. This one has been ploughing the tideline for tasty morsels and is heading …
The name Sanderling is from the Old English sand-yrðling, or ‘sand-ploughman’. This one has been ploughing the tideline for tasty morsels and is heading …
It’s a dull day but I’m forcing myself to go out. If you only ever went out on sunny days in Orkney, …
It’s a dull day when the Sanderling arrive. It’s soon bright and beautiful on the white shell sand beach as they pick …
Sanderling are one of my favourite wading birds. Actually, they’re one of the few species of waders I can identify reliably. I …
The Sanderlings of summer on Westray were a joy to get close to. Lying on the beach, keeping still, and watching them …
There are Sanderling on Sands o’ Maesan. They are energetic beyond imagination. They work the tideline as if their lives depend upon …
My adventures on the second of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the first of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
Sanderling. It sounds like it could be a verb as well as a noun. If it’s a verb, then these Sanderlings are …
There’s a juvenile Sanderling on the rocks. It pitter-patters busily among the seaweed. Suddenly I realise there are a flock of them …