Sunday 24 July

Sunny this morning and we had a great time on the beach.

Mussell shell with Barnacles attached.

Common Cord-grass - Spartina anglica

Geese & Llama on one of the farms - All the geese are already ordered for Christmas.

Mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris

Mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris

Sea Aster - Aster tripolium

Sea Potato - Echinocardium cordatum also called Heart Urchin

Sea Potato - Echinocardium cordatum

Sea Potato - Echinocardium cordatum

Smooth Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus

Looks like a river - but it is a water outlet on the beach into the sea.

Water outlet to sea

Take Care

Saturday 30 April

Knott End the beach early morning, miles of it to ourselves.

 Arnold & Meg

 Thought this might be the Wheatear we saw on the wall but it was so far away and I am no birder.

 Common cockle - Cerastoderma edule

 Common Mallow Leaves - Malva Sylvestris

 Common Mussel - Mytilus edulis

 Large piece of driftwood - it would have looked good in the garden.

 Hedge Mustard - Sisymbrium officinale

 Hedge Mustard - Sisymbrium officinale

 Japanese Rose - Rosa rugosa

 Japanese Rose - Rosa rugosa with earwig 

 Knotted Wrack - Ascophyllum nodosum

 Meg stalking the Crocodile Driftwood.

 I actually got an ID for this shell but I have left the notes at Knott End - will have to wait till our next visit.

 Spiral  Wrack - Fucus spiralis

 Thrift - Armeria maritima

 Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica

Welsh Poppy Seed Head - Meconopsis cambrica

Take Care.

Saturday 18 September

Knott End

Common Mussel - Mytilus edulis

 Common Mussel - Mytilus edulis

Trying to catch up again,

Take care.

Monday 16 August

Knott End again and it's another sunny morning.

 Apple of Peru - Nicandra physalodes - flower still not open fully.

 Arnold watching the ferry going out.

Anyone have any idea for an ID on the birds?

 Sea Shore Birds again.

Cockles in shore pool.

  Oystercatcher Feather

 Ferry going to Larne

 Meg

 Oystercatchers & Gulls

 Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

 Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

 Petty Spurge - Euphorbia peplus

 Sea Aster - Aster tripolium

Spiral Wrack - Fucus spiralis

Take Care.