Small birds there are, of course, in numbers, such as wag-tails, sandpipers, and the oddly crying and flying redshank, a shore bird.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton
I'll have to run like a redshank.
"Three Plays"
Padraic Colum
"He just did-went like a redshank.
"A Little Bush Maid"
Mary Grant Bruce