A Leptocephalus - They are a larval stage in an eels life cycle. This one seems to be of a Conger eel.
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A teeny tiny Goniatite fossil. You can see the spaces where its gas filled flotation chambers would have been.
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A "Leptocephalus" - this is a larval stage in the life cycle of an eel.
I'm not sure what species of eel this is - European freshwater eel (Anguilla anguilla) or a Conger (Conger conger). It's the first time I've seen one and for some reason had assumed they were much smaller.
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Fiadh at the Cliffs of Moher enjoying the bright Spring spell we've been having.
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A pretty wee pebble - with a lovely mix of patterns and colours.
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A Toad crab (Hyas coarctatus).
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The outline of flotation chambers in a partial goniatite shell fossil.
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View from the base.
At the bottom of a Cliffs of Moher Waterfall.
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A seaweed explosion in a lowtide rockpool.
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A Granite ball - likely dropped here by glaciers at the end of the last iceage over 15,000 years ago and shaped by Atlantic waves since then.
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Goniatite fossil in a dark shale teardrop.
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Evening sun hovering over Crab Island before it drops below the horizon for the night.
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Low sun and light showers making rainbows while Fiadh and myself stick to the shadows.
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Banded Wedge shell (Donax vittatus) or Bean clams. Pretty little bivalves that range from yellow to purple in colour. A favourite food for seabirds along the waters edge.
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A Banded Wedge shell (Donax vittatus) meteor shower
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Common Frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles developing in bog and quarry pools all over the place at the moment. If you look closely you can see a few that still have their external gills showing.
Wee cuties
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A Goniatite fossil, encased in shale and worn down by Atlantic waves to reveal this lovely cross section .
A spiral staircase winding its way down to a distant past.
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Taking a pic of Fiadh but she was captivated by the Cliffs. Can't really blame her
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A live Sea potato/Heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) with its spines (hairs) all intact, including its Mohawk!!

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The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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