i was just wondering how many of you guys get the chance to visit the coast i live within 5mins of the beach and have never realy taken any notice of it i guess i just took it as an every day occurance.
Thats quite a big question and essentially it depends where you live in the country and what kind of coast you have. In my part of the world they tend to be either sandy/mud shores or rocky/cliff shores. On the sandy/mud ones look out for wading birds, redshank, oystercatcher,dunlin,shelduck and curlew. There will be razorshells and cockles in the sand and whelks on the rocks. Very little seaweed or rockpools. On the rocky shores look out for puffin,guilliemots,fulmars, herring gulls. One the rocks whelks, mussels, limpets, and a whole variety of seaweeds. Rockpools are a world of their own, a microcosm of all the rest. Just offshore look out for terns of various species, gannets, eider duck, various diving ducks. and even a chance of a dolphin or whale or two. At the back of the shore will be a whole books worth of plants. I suggest you get a few of the Collins Little Gems series of books. They are very reasonably priced (about £5 each) and there is one on the Seashore, there is even one on sharks.ady05 said:any tips on what to look out for fred as a newbie i know there is a lot of cockles,winkles and muscles localy but is there anything to go with them i should look out for ? any tips would be greatfull
dommyracer said:Nice one greg, I'd like to walk the Pembs path one day as well.
Be sure to keep us posted on how you get on...