Goniatite fossils spiraling through a piece of dark shale concretion.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Another look at some of the tiny wee, baby Scad (Decapterus macarellus) that washed up on the beach recently.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A Gall growing on a small leaf - not sure of the plant species or what insect/other has caused the Gall. Any ideas or identifications welcome.
County Clare, Ireland.
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What I think is a Sandy swimming crab (liocarcinus depurator). A wee bit battered by the waves but still alive.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A Juvenile Atlantic Horse mackerel or Scad (Decapterus macarellus) washed ashore by growing Ocean swells.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Fiadh, checking the horizon from the Cliffs of Moher.
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Jaws!!!
A shark shaped hagstone - holes bored in shale layers by Common Piddocks (Pholas dactylus).
County Clare, Ireland.
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Goniatite fossil revealed in a sea smoothed, stormbeach stone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Sand Patterns on the receding tide.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A hardy local farmer - heading down to the closest bit of shoreline to his house to check for flotsam and jetsam.
Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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A fractured stone heart 
from Irelands Atlantic shore.
Septarian nodule
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A Burren stone wall with Mullaghmore peeping over the top.
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Goniatite fossils spread throughout this piece of shale from the Cliffs of Moher. Evidence of lives lived on this same spot over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Blackthorn berries (Prunus spinosa) or Sloe berries are fully ripened at the moment and scattered all accross the Burren.
County Clare, Ireland.
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I was almost as startled by these two characters as they were by me 
Bumping into Cows, Goats or Sheep is a fairly regular occurrence in the Burren, but this pair of Pigs is a first for me.
They weren't free roaming but were in a large fenced off area that I happened to walk past.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A Solitary Rugose Coral fossil protruding from the surrounding rock. Part of an ancient tropical sea bed that once covered this area.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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A sea pottery piece - part of a floral design??
County Clare, Ireland.
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The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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Lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria)
A symbiotic relationship between a Fungus and Algae and a Cyanobacteria, the presence of Lungwort lichen is an indicator of good air quality.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Colonial Coral fossil. Exposed in Burren limestone.
County Clare, Ireland.
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