by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Snails, Species List
Flat Topshell – Gibbula umbilicalis This anoth Flat topshells are cute a curious creatures, one of my favourite encounters with a species was with a little flat top shell that was more than happy to come out of its shell and pose for the camera! I hadn’t...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Jellyfish, Other Species that move, Species List
Moon Jellyfish – Aurelia aurita This delicate beauty can sometimes be found washed up on beaches, or floating in a rockpool – brought in by the tide. They have 4 beaituful white/pinkish rings in the center and are usually no bigger than a ceral bowl....
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Species List, Worms
Lugworm – Arenicola marina Lugworm, the favourite bait of fisherman! When the tide goes out and you see the sand covered in lumps made of little winding tubes, well these worms are what make them. They live in the sand and form a U shaped burrow, where...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Crabs, Other Species that move, Species List
European Lobster – Homarus gammarus Lobsters are one of the most awe inducing finds on the rocky shore. Lobsters love to live under rocks, often where they tide has eroded rocks so that a lobster can squeeze in and out but nothing else can. Being bright...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | cephalopods, Other Species that move, Species List
Little Cuttlefish – Sepiola atlantica LOOK AT THIS CUTENESS! The Little cuttlefish is a very rare joy, now I have never actually seen this in a rockpool, you are far more likely to find them in them snorkelling or slighty offshore – but you...
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