An Example of a hafted 'Sparth'  - Galloglaich weapon of choice

Eurasian Golden Plover ( L: Pluvialis apricaria / N: Heilo ), photo taken in the Varanger Peninsula - Northern Norway. Eurasian Golden Plover 04

Ringed plovers, oystercatchers and redshanks among species overwintering on UK estuaries to suffer a big drop in numbers

This coastal lagoon & grasslands support breeding terns, ringed plovers, redshanks & oystercatchers. You'll also find great crested grebes nesting on the island

Claíomh regularly interprets the pike, shot and highland 'redshanks' of the Irish Royalist and Confederate forces of the Irish wars of the 1640's from Sir Phelim O'Neill's uprising in 1641, through...

It is getting quieter on the shore. I did probably my last redshank survey of the winter from harbour beach to Saucehope and back. There were many fewer redshanks, although still at least seven of my colour-ringed birds, and a higher ratio of unringed to ringed birds suggesting that some of the redshank are actually…