Monday, 21 February 2011

Beachcombing

Hello all. Walked the northern half of the Big Strand today as part of a beached birds survey. Didn't see many beached birds, but did see the following...

28 Lapwing
68 Dunlin
3 Sanderling
17 Ringed Plover
3 Rock pipit
2 dead sheep
1 dead deer
1 dead seal
A whole heap of sea potatoes and sea urchins
4 men's trainers (none matching)
2 footballs
1 volleyball

and this big chap pictured below, dead on the beach. We had a few smaller Spider Crabs in the Natural History Centre last year, but couldn't keep anything this size, it was pretty huge



Mark
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous22 February 2011 at 12:07

    I once found a dead badger on the Big Strand! Presumably drifted across from Kintyre or northern Ireland as they don't occur (alive) on Islay.
    Malcolm

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  2. Armin22 February 2011 at 19:43

    What, not a single glove, only men's trainers? Surely that can't be right.

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