Just above, at the foot of the trout pool, a brood of sheldrake were croaking and splashing about in the shallows.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long
The most common birds up these tidal rivers are the sheldrake.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton
The sea-fowl are ducks, teal, and the sheldrake.
"A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1"
James Cook