I think Sanderling was the first shorebird I positively identified. I must have been about 11 or 12 (?) and I remember seeing this small white wader running around on Blackpool Beach on a cold wintry day. Afterward I went to my Great-aunt’s house nearby and she had a copy of ‘The Hamlyn Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe’ and I found the Sanderling in there looked just like the one I’d seen earlier.
And here we are 40 years later.
May not be the most colourful of birds but the fine and subtle detail of their feathers is special
I like the way they manically run around in the surf………..
I like the highsteppin’ last one
Thanks John, not been a vintage wader season this time round but at least I got some Sanderlings goose-stepping………….