West Sandwick contains one of the major recreational beaches in Yell.

[1] The area south of Southladie Flo is an important feeding area for locally breeding red-throated divers.

The rare curved sedge (Carex maritima) grows beside an exit stream on West Sandwick beach.

[1] The bay contains a distinctive shingle spit known as the Urabug.

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