Sanderlings feeding on the shore at Newbiggin-by-the-sea, Northumberland, February
2017
Contrary
to its name this species often likes rocky shores - in
Øygarden the best way to see this species is often to
explore the offshore skerries in a small boat. The rocks, seaweed and
barnacles give a very nice background for photographing waders.
Bamburgh, December 2010
I
always associate Sanderling with the long sandy beaches in
Northumberland where flocks of these charismatic waders used to belt up
and down the shore as the waves crashed in.
The species also uses rocky shorelines during both autumn migration and
in the winter quarters (often seen on rocky shorelines on Lanzarote).
They are not a particularly shy species and, given the chance,
relatively easy to photograph.
For more details about this species at Stag Rocks, Northumerland,
England click here.
In Øygarden this species is a regular autumn migrant.
Sanderling jumping to safety, Herdlevær, 30 August 2011
First
year bird(?) - picture
taken at
Herdlevær,
Øygarden, September 2009
Above and below: Sanderling at Herdlevær,
Øygarden, September 2019
Two
first year birds, Herdlevær,
Øygarden, September 2009
Sanderling on Bamburgh beach, Northumberland, December 2010
Sanderlings, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland,
December 2012
Colour ringed Sanderling, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland,
December 2012
This bird was ringed in Iceland
on 28 May 2010 and has spent the following winters on the south
Northumberland coast between Newbiggin and Whitley Bay as well as being
re-sighted in Iceland.
A couple of colour-ringed Sanderling from Iceland, May 2022
Not often we see Sanderling in breeding plumage in Northumberland or even southern Norway for that matter
