I knew we were going to have a very low tide this afternoon but the weather had to be a gamble, so I was delighted when the strong easterlies that had been blowing all week dropped down to the most perfect calm and warm afternoon that we could have hoped for. So armed with our Wilkinson's food containers and orange plastic sieves we set out to see what we could find. We weren't disappointed... |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio![]() A chiton |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio![]() A sea-squirt |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio![]() Lithothamnion |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio![]() Eel-grass |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio![]() Snakelocks Anemone |
© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio![]() Lugworm cast |
Birds Little Egret Mediterranean Gull Black-headed Gull Herring Gull Sandwich Tern Robin Fish Rock Goby Sand Goby Blenny |
Invertebrates Sea-squirt Hairy Crab Shore Crab Edible Crab Porcelain Crab Common Prawn Common Shrimp Rough Winkle Edible Winkle Flat Winkle Flat Topshell Toothed Topshell Grey Topshell Painted Topshell Netted Dogwhelk Brittlestar Barnacle Tube-worm Limpet Chiton Snakelocks Anemone |
Notable Plants Eel-grass Coralline Algae (Lithothamnion) Carragheen Bladder Wrack Serrated Wrack Knotted Wrack Chanelled Wrack Sea Lettuce Velvet Horn (Codium) |