Sara Maitland
Jul 29, 2021
2 minutes
Illustration: Lynn Hatzius
Sara Maitland is a writer who lives in Dumfries and Galloway. Her works include A Book of Silence and Gossip from the Forest
“One of the first signs of spring on the upland moor where I live is the weird haunting ‘song’ of the newly arriving oystercatchers.
Oystercatchers, like curlews, are short-distance migrants. They travel up to 20 miles inland from the
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