On the beach.....
I had been asked to help with a one off walk with Carmarthenshire Wildlife Walks, who laid on an event for the Llanelli "pups" a summer school organisation, the plan was to take the kids (am I allowed to say kids?) onto the beach for a bit of a strandline safari.
As these thing can turnout there were more adults (11 I think) than kids (5 I think) I wasn't leading so I didn't need to account for them!
The morning was warm bright and a bit breezy with an easterly edge to the wind, luckily the strandline was on the damper part of the beach so not too much flying sand.
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| Art in sand.... a photo from the Spring |
Whilst there was much to entertain everyone I was a little disappointed by the lack of "things" to find, the recent weather has resulted in much of the debris on the beach being covered by sand.
In a little over an hour. everyone's collecting trays ( ex takeaway containers) were overflowing with specimens.
Whelks, Netted Dog Whelk, Tellins, Banded Wedge shell, Razor Shell. Necklace Shell, Masked Crab, Spiny Spider Crab, bits of Cuttlefish bone and a few Cat Shark egg cases along with the odd feather and bit of Bladder Wrack made up the bulk of the finds, The Barrell Jellyfish were just too big to go in the tray!!!.
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| A nice collection (photo Veronica Haines) |
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| Barrel Jellyfish, (upside down) |
For me the important outcome was that everyone learned something, the kids enjoyed themselves and everyone had a bit of exercise.
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