Ruddy Turnstone on barnacles
It’s always a pleasure to see a Ruddy Turnstone. They’re usually so busy turning stones that I had to take this image …
Tracing the outlines
I’m tracing the outlines of a barnacle city on the rocks of Westray’s shore. The outlines remind me of looking down on …
Noticing
Noticing. It’s a newly fashionable word. I used to say observing. It’s something I do all the time. Noticing. The act by …
Blue blistering barnacles – forty years ago in my nature notebooks
Forty years ago my nature notebooks show that I wasn’t just observing the natural world but I was prodding it and poking …
Rock pool
Westray is full of wonderful rock pools. There are over 1,000 species of Sea Anemone on Earth. This looks like Actinia equina. …
Goose Barnacles
Evie finds a collection of Goose Barnacles on the beach at Tafts.