Sanderling roosting on Oxwich Beach

Paul Tyrrel wrote: '...while walking along Oxwich Bay at high tide on Sunday morning, I came across this small number of Sanderling roosting in the sun.'

This attractive little wader is found on most of our sandy beaches in winter, with favoured sites including Margam, Aberavon, Crymlyn, Swansea Bay as-well-as Oxwich. However, the expansive sands of Cefn Sidan in Carmarthenshire hold the largest numbers, for example 1700 were counted on 27 Nov 2010 by Wendell Thomas.