Rusty Ring

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(Still Pleurotus ostreatus . I've posted on these before , but it never ceases to amaze me how attached this species is to the ...

(Here are a few of the largest rings I've collected for making fudos . [Among those not yet deployed , of course.] Most of the mall...

This is Nicola White, my favourite mudlark. (Yes, I have a favourite mudlark. I also have other mudlarks, who, while not my favourite mud...

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(The anenome [suspect Urticina columbiana ] is about the size of a teacup; the crab is Hemigrapsus oregonensis , the green shore crab. ...

( Balanus nubilus. Found it on the tideline after a heavy storm. It was delicious.) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

I had the good fortune to be raised on the coast, and have spent a good deal of my life beside, on, and in the sea. The incredible diversi...

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Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(I was climbing down to the beach the other day and happened on this little guy [Hirundo rustica] in the tall grass, newly kicked/...

( Ammodytes personatus. For some reason they often turn up dead or dying on the tidelands.)

( Anthopleura xanthogrammica. With support from elegantissima .)

(This is a ship's larboard navigation light. When they change them the crews tend to drop the dead one overboard, so we often fin...

(This is good old Henricia leviuscula , the blood star, but with an experimental enhancement. Happens sometimes. Reminds you how elem...

The large round shells of moon snails ( Polinices lewisii ) are one of the more memorable features of a walk on North Coast tidelands. ...

( Impatiens glandulifera. A shade-loving shoreline invasive from the Himalayas, imported to the North Coast as a garden flower, it rem...

(I found this shell on the lower tidelands during a recent very low tide. It came from a jackknife clam [Solen sicarius] , close ...