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Dorset Walks – Beachcombing on Chesil Beach

Friday November 23rd
Chesil Cove

A beach-combing session the morning after a very windy night produced some very interesting records, most notably the Portugese Man-o’-war pictured here.

The day’s list:

Birds: Common Scoter, Mediterranean Gull, Sparrowhawk, Pied Wagtail
Plants: Sea Kale, Sea Beet, Yellow Horned-poppy, Scarlet Pimpernel, Sallow, Tree Mallow
Algae: Knotted Wrack, Bladder Wrack, Kelp (3 species)
Marine animals: Portugese Man-o’-war, Dead-mans Fingers, Pink Sea Fan,Hydrozoan (see iSpot), Bryozoan (see iSpot), Whelk, Cuttlefish, Ray (eggs), Dogfish (eggs), Edible Crab, Orange Sponge, Branched Sponge (see iSpot)

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