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Flatfish on Feet

the HALL of EINAR — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:07:46 +0000

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 and scuttle along the sand. Shoals of sand eels parade the shallows. Flatfish leave puffs of fine white shell sand and attempt to burrow underfoot. One lands on Evie’s foot and stays there an age, tickling gently. We catch it and marvel at its camouflage.

Pick ‘n’ Mix

the HALL of EINAR — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:49:35 +0000

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

Periwinkle on the Beach

the HALL of EINAR — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:24:15 +0000

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