And REPEAT, Friday 24th January 2020

The second cohort of learners from a local primary arrived promptly for their Life on the Beach session at Pembrey Country Park.

They were very excited having been spurned on by tales of yesterdays adventures from their school friends.. a hard act to follow then!

After the usual briefing of; don't go in the sea, don't throw sand around, and don't pick up glass or metal, we set off, in colder and gloomy conditions than yesterday

Yesterday we headed West along the beach, today we headed East.

Very similar finds to yesterday with the added bonus of a football sized clump of Common Whelk eggs, all unhatched, a lot more Edible Crab shells, Sea Potato casts and large pieces of Furbelows Seaweed, a really odd looking seaweed so odd in fact I didn't take a photo...

Furbelows Seaweed, copyright Science photo library

The freshly dead and headless body of a Great Northern Diver was an interesting if a little sad find; it did however give an opportunity to discuss anatomy as divers have legs set well back on their bodies, great for swimming next to useless for walking.

Great Northern Diver, note how far back on the body the legs are

The amazing thing about youngsters is their eyesight and ability to discover the smallest of creatures as they did with a crab the carapace was barely 10mm wide, I had to resort to the useful  Field Studies Council Aidgap guide to British Crabs, it appears to be a Long-clawed Porcelain Crab a common enough species but not officially recorded from Cefn Sidan. ( the record needs verification)

Long-clawed Porcelain Crab (needs verification)

The usual Whale art was quite competitive with the year 4 out-performing year 6....

Well done year 4