Coastal Life Blog

Coastal Walls and Promenades

Coast, History

The discarded outer shells of the sea potato

Sea Potatoes

Sealife

A periwinkle in the foreground with a trail stretching into the background.

Periwinkle goes for a walk

Shells, Wildlife

A fish poking it's head out from cover in a rock pool

Common Blenny

Fish, Wildlife

A picture of a dog whelk on a barnacle covered rock.

Dog Whelks

Coast, Shells, Wildlife

A collection of off white coloured foam on a sandy beach with waves in the background

Sea Foam

Coast

Hook Head Lookout Station

History

Holly

Plants

Conigear

Coast

Picture of a brain like honeycomb worm reef.

Honeycomb Worm

Coast, Wildlife

A brightly coloured snail on a barnacle covered rock

Flat Periwinkle at Booley Bay

Coast, Shells, Wildlife

Limekilns

History

A maple leaf with yellow and red colouring

The Colours of Autumn

Plants

A seagull on a sandy beach

Black-Headed Gull

Birds, Wildlife

St Dubhan’s Church

History

Shore Crab

Sealife, Wildlife

Ba Bheg Beach

Beaches, Coast

Lugworms

Beaches, Wildlife

A close up of a daisy like flower with a beach in the background.

Sea Chamomile

Plants

Dollar Bay

Beaches, Coast, History

Bright yellow bird perched in amongst some branches.

Yellowhammer

Birds, Wildlife

Slade Beach

Beaches, Coast

A Kestrel hovering against a blue sky

Kestrel

Birds, Wildlife

Old RNLI Boathouse

History

A natural formation of a pattern in sand at a beach

Sand art at Dollar Bay

Beaches, Coast

A yellow butterfly on a yellow flower

Clouded Yellow Butterfly

Insects, Wildlife

A beach of smooth, rounded rocks

Boulders in Sandeel Bay

Geology, Rocks

An impression of a snail in a small rock.

Gastropod Fossil

Fossils

An orange butterfly with brown and white spots against a background of grey gravel.

Painted Lady

Insects, Wildlife

Moon Jellyfish

Wildlife

A spider web clinging to a crevice in a rock cliff

Opportunist Spiders

Wildlife

A surface of red sandstone with a maze of naturally eroded indentations

Weathered Sandstone

Coast, Geology, Rocks

A pink flower on a green stemed plant with a beach and ocean in the background

Sea Rocket

Plants

An orange butterfly with brown spots on a blackberry flower.

Silver-washed Fritillary

Insects, Wildlife

A group of gannets with one perched on a rock above the rest

Gannets

Birds, Wildlife

A square tower and ruined church in a graveyard.

Knights Templar at Templetown

History

A sea beet plant surrounded by grass.

Sea Beet at Booley Bay

Plants

Grey Seals

Seals, Wildlife

A grasshopper sitting on a rock with a plant in the background

Common Field Grasshopper

Insects, Wildlife

Booley Bay Rock Formation

Geology, Rocks

A small bird on a pillar

Stonechat

Birds, Wildlife

Common Dog-violet

Plants

A net like fossil in a limestone rock

Crinoid and Bryozoan Fossils

Fossils, Geology

An black and white bird with a red bill on a beach

Oystercatcher

Birds, Wildlife

A naturally carved bowl in a sandstone rock playing home to a pair of limpets

Sandstone Bowl

Geology, Rocks

Two birds on a rock with blue water behind them

Redshank

Birds, Wildlife

A white outline of a sea sponge in a grey rock

Fossilised Sponge

Geology, Rocks

A picture showing the strata in the rocks at Booley Bay

Geology of Booley Bay

Geology, Rocks

A moth with red spotted wings with yellow daisy like flowers inthe background

Six-spot Burnet Moth

Insects, Wildlife

A large bird stands on seaweed covered rocks with waves crashing in the background

Grey Heron

Birds, Wildlife

A grey squirrel perched high in a tree

A Grey Squirrel in Tintern

Wildlife

A beach littered with debris following a storm

Booley Bay after storm Darwin

Beaches, Coast