Flatfish on Feet

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Aug 102010
Flatfish on Feet

Idyllic weather in Orkney? T-shirt and shorts on the beach? It must be August and it must be a fluke, surely? Westray is only 15km long yet has an 80km coastline with 17 sandy beaches. Today we spend the entire afternoon at the Bay of Tafts. Hermit crabs have taken flat periwinkle shells for protection [...]

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Pick 'n' Mix

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Jul 312009
Pick 'n' Mix

Top Shells, Dog Whelks, Limpets, Periwinkles and pebbles litter the shore like scattered pick ‘n’ mix.

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Periwinkle on the Beach

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Apr 112009
Periwinkle on the Beach

Flat periwinkle  (Littorina obtusata) on the beach in the Bay of Swartmill.

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