Mudlark by John Sedden (Puffin 2005) is a thriller set in Portsmouth in the First World War in which two mudlarks find a human skull in the mud of Portsmouth Harbour, beginning a chain of tragi-comic events.

The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as wee magpie, peewee, peewit, mudlark or Murray magpie, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns.

2019年11月10日 · Writer Lara Maiklem is one of these modern-day mudlarks — and in fact, her new book is called Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames. Maiklem been mudlarking for more...

2024年11月8日 · Wandering the embankments above the River Thames it is not unusual to see people down on the foreshore at low tide. Kneeling or hunched over, with eyes scanning the gravel and mud, they are mudlarking — hunting for little treasures. With the help of museums, the finds they make are shaping our understanding of London’s past.

Now mudlarking is all about discovering amazing archaeological finds. On the muddy margins of the River Thames, a hidden history lies just out of sight. The Thames runs right through London’s past. It’s been the city’s transport and trade link, once home to the largest port in the world.

2024年4月16日 · Mudlarking is, essentially, digging through the bed of a river for lost and forgotten objects.

2019年3月6日 · A mudlark is the name given to a person who scavenges in the foreshore of a river for objects that could be sold. This term applies specifically to those operating along the Thames River in London during the 18th and 19th centuries.

2018年8月16日 · The OED defines the word ‘mudlark’ as ‘a person who scavenges in the river mud for objects of value’. The term was first used during the late 18th century to describe poor Londoners, adults and children, who searched the filthy and dangerous Thames mud at low tide in order to find things to sell.

2024年9月13日 · For 200 years, mudlarks scrounged a living in the tidal flats of the River Thames. Today, intertidal archaeology can be a fun London adventure. * Originally published in Jan 2012. On a cool summer, Sunday, thirty or so of us grown-ups plus a few kids are gathered outside London’s Mansion House tube station.

‘Mudlarking’ is the act of searching the riverbed for these historical treasures. Mudlarks comb the Thames foreshore, which is only accessible for a few hours a day at low tide, in their hunt for objects, untouched since they were lost hundreds or even thousands of years ago.