West Sandwick is a settlement on the island of

Yell A yell is a loud vocalization; see screaming. Yell may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Yell, Shetland, one of the North Isles of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland * Yell Sound, Shetland, Scotland United States * Yell, Tennessee, an unin ...

Shetland Islands Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

, Scotland. It is one of the few settlements in the west of the island. Westsandwick

West Sandwick contains one of the major recreational beaches in Yell. The area south of Southladie Flo is an important feeding area for locally breeding

red-throated diver The red-throated loon (North America) or red-throated diver (Britain and Ireland) (''Gavia stellata'') is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere. The most widely distributed member of the loon or diver family, it breeds prim ...

s. The rare curved sedge ('' Carex maritima'') grows beside an exit stream on West Sandwick beach. The bay contains a distinctive shingle spit known as the Urabug.

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Art UK - West Sandwick, Yell, by Tamar WilliamsonKeep Scotland Beautiful - Beach Awards - West Sandwick
Villages in Yell, Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub