A particularly pretty Banded wedge shell (Donax vittatus).
County Clare, Ireland.
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A particularly pretty Banded wedge shell (Donax vittatus).
County Clare, Ireland.
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A coastal Burren wall - built to stop cattle but to allow wind to pass through. You only rebuild walls, knocked by strong Atlantic storms, so many times before you start adapting.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Episode 2 of the documentary "Aillte". Available for streaming worldwide on the TG4 player. English subtitles are available
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A Brachiopod fossil re-emerging from the Burren limestone, over 300 million years since it first lay on the tropical seabed that once covered this area.
County Clare, Ireland.
For more information on the fossils, geology and wildlife in this area watch Episode 2 of "Aillte" below 👇
Part of a Purple sea-urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) shell that's been drying out in the sun for a while.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A perfect Goniatite fossil with its internal flotation chambers and their divisions clearly visible. Like a spiral staircase decending to the the depths.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A water trickle following a well worn path through the Burren limestone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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The fused neck vertebrae of a small cetacean (toothed whale). Likely from a dolphin or porpoise species.
County Clare, Ireland.
AILLTE documentary now streaming free on The TG4 player. English subtitles available.
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A fossilized Goniatite, like a spiraling galaxy in the heart of the night sky.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A Snakelocks self portrait.
Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) in a lowtide rockpool.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Oceanic hitchhikers - Common Gooseneck barnacles (Lepas anatifera) making a home in a lost hardhat.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A pair of Sliotars found within 100 metres of each other on the shoreline. One had been lost to the sea recently while the other has been bobbing about for a bit longer. Sliotars are the balls used in the the Irish game of Hurling which has been played here for almost a thousand years.
Spiral tube worm (Spirorbis spirorbis) casings on a piece of Serrated wrack (Fucus serratus).
County Clare, Ireland.
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A seashell jumble in a rockpool corner. An impressive mix of colours, shapes, patterns and textures in an area smaller than the palm of my hand.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A piece of the 300 million year old seabed that used to cover this area. The sand ripples are caused, then as they are now, by winds disturbing the waters above. So in some ways this is a preserved breeze from hundreds of millions of years ago. 🌬
County Clare, Ireland.
A Granite pebble with what looks like a feldspar band running through it but I'm only guessing.
Dipped in water to bring out its colours 😍
County Clare, Ireland.
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Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) gliding along under silky sea conditions.
Taken during the filming of the "Aillte" documentary. Now available for streaming worldwide on TG4 with english subtitles.
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A Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis), left high and dry by the receding tide.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A pretty green pocket pebble (front and back).
Transported by glaciers and polished by Atlantic waves.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Final sunburst before dropping below the horizon for the night.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A storm beach tumbled Concretion from the Cliffs of Moher.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A Small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) egg case.
County Clare, Ireland.
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"Helicopter Skeleton".
This is the partially decomposed seed from a Sycamore tree.
We called them Helicopters when we were young because of how they spin and catch the wind while falling to the ground.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A jumbled mass of Goniatite fossils. The shells of these ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus, must have littered the sea floor that covered this area over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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What I think may be a small cetacean vertebrae - from a porpoise or a juvenile dolphin species.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A partial Septarian nodule.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Sea spray and Rainbows 🌈
County Clare, Ireland.
"Aillte" documentary streaming now on TG4
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Wind whipped spray, dancing along the cliff tops.
"AILLTE"- Episodes 1 and 2 of our documentary now available for streaming on TG4.
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