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Seven small rockpools at Winspit

winderjssc wrote 1 week ago: Small rock pools are scattered across the rock ledge at Winspit. Some are shallow and others are dee … more →

Tags: Jurassic Coast, Seaweed, Seashore Creatures, Winspit, seashore, Sea, beach, pebbles, Photographs

More winkles on wood at Whiteford8 comments

winderjssc wrote 3 weeks ago: The storm waves shift the sediments around Whiteford Sands. They scour the sand away from some areas … more →

Tags: Gower Peninsula, Whiteford Sands, Seashore Creatures, seashore, Shore, beach, pebbles, Photographs, coast

Stone wall snails at Rhossili2 comments

winderjssc wrote 3 weeks ago: Sometimes you turn the camera to capture the big picture …when you suddenly see the hidden thi … more →

Tags: Gower Peninsula, Rhossili, beach, coast, Gower, Helix Aspersa Muller, land snails, mollusc, Nature

The Woodlands of Lost Creek

Mature4evr wrote 1 month ago: Before me, they tower — cascading hillsides of dense wilderness seemingly ascending into the s … more →

Tags: Amphibians, caudates, Invertebrates, salamanders, Snails, plethodon cinereus

Hawaii Underwater Photography Site

seashellsbymillhill wrote 2 months ago: Shells from Florida I live in New England but I have found a site full of beautiful underwater photo … more →

Tags: beach theme, Beach Vacations, Identifying shells, mollusks, pictures of seashells, seashells, TROPICAL BEACHES, Hawaii, Hawaiian underwater photography

Black Whelk shells from Whiteford

winderjssc wrote 2 months ago: These empty shells of the Common Whelk, Buccinum undatum L., were originally lying randomly on the s … more →

Tags: seashells, beach, black seashells, Buccinum undatum L., coast, Colours, Common Whelk, Gower Peninsula, mollusc

Winkles living on Whiteford wood and rocks1 comment

winderjssc wrote 2 months ago: On the beach at Whiteford, near Llanmadoc in Gower, there is one place where many boulders and occas … more →

Tags: Gower Peninsula, beach trips, Whiteford Sands, seashells, Seashore Creatures, seashore, Shore, beach, animals

Mostly Periwinkles2 comments

winderjssc wrote 4 months ago:   Mostly Periwinkles 1 of 8 Seashore pictures on display at the Octagon Cafe, Poundbury, Dorchester, … more →

Tags: beach trips, BEACHCOMBINGS, General, Octagon Cafe Display, seashells, animals, beach, BiValve, Black-lined periwinkles

Seashell Posters on Sale

seashellsbymillhill wrote 4 months ago: Beginning July 28, 2009, these seashell posters have been marked down 20%. Every few weeks I will se … more →

Tags: sand dollars, seashells, Beach Vacations, gifts, TROPICAL BEACHES, beach theme, Florida, queen conchs, pictures of seashells

Breaking Waves (07-04-09)

Abyssal wrote 5 months ago: Move the “List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record” to List of prehistoric m … more →

Tags: Wikipedia, Internet, Science, Paleontology, Pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, horsetails

Lettered Olive Shells

seashellsbymillhill wrote 5 months ago: Olive shells are long and slender and smooth. They come in a variety of colors -as you can see on my … more →

Tags: seashells, TROPICAL BEACHES, beach theme, Florida, pictures of seashells, Identifying shells, mollusks, Photography, naming seashells

Seashell Identification4 comments

seashellsbymillhill wrote 5 months ago: While walking the Florida beaches during the many years I lived there, picking up pretty seashells w … more →

Tags: sand dollars, seashells, Beach Vacations, TROPICAL BEACHES, beach theme, Florida, queen conchs, pictures of seashells, Identifying shells

Rock pool at Osmington Bay

winderjssc wrote 5 months ago: No matter how small, a rock pool offers a home to some kind of seashore life.  This attractive littl … more →

Tags: beach trips, Jurassic Coast, Osmington Bay, Seashore Creatures, Seaweed, acorn barnacles, animals, beach, Boulders

Seashell Names- Two Little Shells3 comments

seashellsbymillhill wrote 6 months ago: Stripes and Spots Natica Lineata Babylonia Spirata These two small shells were collected along the g … more →

Tags: beach theme, Beach Vacations, Florida, Identifying shells, mollusks, Save the Date, seashells, Weddings, Babylonia Spirata

In Which Newly Discovered Animals Are Graded

ianchant wrote 6 months ago:   A sea horse that’s smaller than a pea. A snake that, when coiled, can fit atop a quarter. Ex … more →

Tags: animals, Fossils, Reptiles, Top 10 New Species, ASU

Mussels on Spaniard Rocks, Rhossili

winderjssc wrote 7 months ago: Dark glistening masses of common edible mussels, Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, smother the Carboniferous … more →

Tags: Gower Peninsula, beach trips, Rhossili, seashells, Spaniard Rocks, Seashore Creatures, seashore, Shore, beach

Holdfast habitat at Ringstead Bay1 comment

winderjssc wrote 7 months ago: Who would have believed that the dowdy grey shell of the common winkle could contain such a handsome … more →

Tags: Jurassic Coast, beach trips, Ringstead Bay, seashells, Bran Point, Seashore Creatures, seashore, Shore, beach

6,000 year old seashells at Cogden Beach

winderjssc wrote 7 months ago: Not fossilised ….. but the actual fragile remains of a 6,000 year old cockle shell in a block … more →

Tags: beach trips, Cogden Beach, Jurassic Coast, seashells, seashore, Sea, Shore, beach, pebbles

Rough periwinkles at Kimmeridge Bay

winderjssc wrote 8 months ago: A cluster of living specimens of the globular Rough Periwinkle, Littorina saxatilis (Olivi), huddlin … more →

Tags: Jurassic Coast, beach trips, Kimmeridge bay, seashells, Seashore Creatures, seashore, Shore, beach, animals


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