Usage examples (15)

• The name sanderling comes from the Icelandic, "sanderla," which alludes to the birds' sandy habitat according to the Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds.
• When the tide is out a huge expanse of mud is left exposed on this flat landscape, giving the perfect opportunity for wading birds such as sanderling to feast themselves...
• A flock of winter-pale sanderling are feeding along the sea's ever changing margin.
• Then, just metres away, lands one of the most entertaining of wading birds, the starling-sized sanderling.