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Sun just beginning to rise over Donegal bay. County Donegal, Ireland.

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A couple of fossilized Goniatite shells swirling through this shore stone. County Clare, Ireland.

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A Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) caught out by large winter waves and thrown high up on the shoreline. And an egg case (mermaids purse) from this same species. County Clare, Ireland.

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An eye catching sunbeam display at the bottom of the lane this morning. County Clare, Ireland.

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A sea smoothed concretion. They formed in the sedimentary layers that make up the Cliffs millions of years ago. Skip forward to today when they erode out of the cliff face and are then polished by the tumbling of Atlantic waves. County Clare, Ireland.

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I find golf balls often enough along the shoreline but this one is the most worn one yet! County Clare, Ireland.

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Checking out some recently laid frogspawn in a quarry pool as Fiadh splashes about behind me. County Clare, Ireland.

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"Watchful Eye" A Goniatite fossil peering from inside a sedimentary pebble. County Clare, Ireland.

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Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) shell. County Clare, Ireland.

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Over built - Furrowed crabs (Xantho hydrophilus) are the "gym bros" 💪 of the shoreline - big arms and "come at me" attitudes. 🤣 Often with quite colourful undersides but apparently toxic to eat. County Clare, Ireland.

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Two of my favourite lichens (there are a few 😊) 1. Tree Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) and 2. Dog Lichen (Peltigera canina) County Clare, Ireland.

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A small herd of feral Goats and their young making their way across the Burren. County Clare, Ireland.

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Lower reaches of the Cliffs of Moher catching late evening sun. County Clare, Ireland.

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Not sure what species of Clam shell I've got here but its got a beautifully coloured interior and a lovely patterning on the outside. All Identifications and attempts welcome. County Clare, Ireland.

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Fossil Crinoid stems and segments with a few fossilized Corals scattered throughout. County Donegal, Ireland.

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A fossilized Solitary Rugose Coral. The Burren, County Clare, Ireland.

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Country roads, County Clare, Ireland.

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A pair of Anemones They could be Burrowing anemones ( Mesacmaea mitchelli) or Dahlia anemones (Urticina felina) 🤔 County Clare, Ireland.

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Goniatite fossils - trapped in the shale layers that make up the Cliffs of Moher, for over 300 million years. Ancient residents of the shallow sea that once covered this area. County Clare, Ireland.

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A small sea pottery piece. County Clare, Ireland.

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What I think is a Toad crab (Hyas coarctatus) covered in a seaweed camouflage. County Clare, Ireland.

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A Warty Venus (Venus verrucosa) clam shell. County Clare, Ireland.

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A Squat Lobster (Galathea squamifera) emerging from beneath a Green sea-urchin (Psammechinus miliaris). County Clare, Ireland.

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Seeting sun caught, as it sinks behind Liscannor pier for the night. Hopefully get to do it all again tomorrow 🤞 County Clare, Ireland.

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A few fossilized Corals from the Burren - a mix of Solitary and Communal Corals. County Clare, Ireland.

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How many Broad-clawed porcelain crabs (Porcellana platycheles) can you spot? County Clare, Ireland.

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A quivering band of seafoam on a breezy beach. The wind is holding Fiadh's ears up 🤣 County Clare, Ireland.

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A split level pebble. Limestone with a Calcite head. County Clare, Ireland.

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A skull from a feral goat - large herds (100s of individuals) of goats roam the Burren, with most originating from recent domestic populations. County Clare, Ireland.

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Sunrise over Donegal bay - possibly a bit over-dramatic 🤣 County Donegal, Ireland.

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A Sea Gooseberry - these transparent little globes are types of comb jellies, possibly Pleurobrachia pileus. County Clare, Ireland.

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Low sun and crossing ripples. County Clare, Ireland.

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A surprise for both of us 😯 Goniatite fossils in peering out of a stormbeach stone. County Clare, Ireland.

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Sound On 🔊 Fiadh and myself keeping our distance from a particularly vocal group of Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) down on the waterline. County Clare, Ireland.

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A Spring sky framed in Burren limestone - teasing the promise of brighter days on the other side. County Clare, Ireland.

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Solitary Rugose Coral fossil poking out of the Burren limestone. County Clare, Ireland.

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Sliabh Liag cliffs with the lightest dusting of snow/hail on its upper reaches. County Donegal, Ireland.

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Fossilized Solitary Cup Corals. County Donegal, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #coral

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Morning colour burst behind Cnoc Áine. County Donegal, Ireland.

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Braided rivulets of water on the last stretch of their seaward journey. Fiadh, in the background, getting impatient with me looking at stuff 🤣🤣 County Clare, Ireland.

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Goniatite fossils - internal gas flotation chambers clearly visible. Ancient relatives of modern day Squid and Octopus. County Clare, Ireland.

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Even Pickles found herself mesmerised by the Sunrise and its reflection. Sliabh Liag, County Donegal, Ireland.

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A small Epidote pebble - originating in County Galway and likely dragged south to County Clare by glaciers during the last iceage over 15,000 years ago. County Clare, Ireland.

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Sargassum seaweed (Sargassum muticum) or Wire-weed is an invasive seaweed, originating in Japan that is now found all along our coastline.The small round air bladders help it float upright in the water column - and spread along the coasts when fragmented during stormy weather. County Clare, Ireland

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Sliabh Liag Sunrise. County Donegal, Ireland.

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A perfectly positioned Wrinkled Rock-borer (Hiatella arctica) hole in this Hagstone. County Clare, Ireland.

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Goose barnacle covered Croc - judging by the growth this may have crossed the Atlantic on its way here! County Clare, Ireland.

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Deep ocean waves meeting their journeys end at the Cliffs of Moher. County Clare, Ireland.

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