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Cliffs of Moher, towards the southerly end by Hags head. The white lines along the rocks are caused by seabird droppings as they nest on the stone ledges. County Clare, Ireland.
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A Spider Crab (Maja squinado) shell - Irelands largest crab native crab species. County Clare, Ireland.
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The coiled images of ancient Goniatite shells - preserved as fossils over 300 million years ago and, more recently, exposed to the air again by the action of the Atlantic ocean. County Clare, Ireland.
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These are the eggs of a Common Blenny (Lipophys pholis) - you can see some of the baby eyes peeking out from inside the eggs. 🐟🐟🥚🥚
County Clare, Ireland.
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A Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis), County Clare, Ireland.
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Hazy summer light at the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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This beautiful seaweed garden on full display thanks to a combination of calm seas and low tides, County Clare, Ireland.
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Sliabh Rua, the Burren National park, County Clare, Ireland.
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Star Ascidians (Botryllus schlosseri) these colonial tunicates come in a variety of colours and can be found along the lower reaches of the tidal zone. Each "star" is a colony and each "star arm" is an individual.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A fortuitously placed fossil.
A 320 million year old Goniatite fossil, County Clare, Ireland.
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Recent calm conditions mean that the water visibility along the coast is fantastic. Check out the crimped edges of Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima) and the glowing blues of Rainbow Wrack (Cystoseira tamariscifolia). County Clare, Ireland.
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Sand ripples snaking towards the horizon, County Clare, Ireland.
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A Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) claw - the claws (and crab) have a blue colour when when alive but like most crustacean shells turn reddish when exposed to heat/sunlight. County Clare, Ireland.
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An Otter Shell (Lutraria lutraria) with a window, County Clare, Ireland.
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Cliffs of Moher with O'Brien's Tower perched on top gleaming in the sunshine. County Clare, Ireland.
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A Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) flower in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.
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Sheeps-bit Scabious (Jasione montana), flowering along the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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"A Hand-held Galaxy"
tiny spiral Goniatite fossils scattered through this Atlantic stormbeach stone. County Clare, Ireland.
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The tube of a Sand Mason Worm (Lanice conchilega). They build these protective structures by gluing together bits of shell and sand. County Clare, Ireland.
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Crab casts - As Crabs get bigger they outgrow their shells and periodically shed them and grow larger ones. The casts often wash up on the shore and end up scattered along the High tide line. County Clare, Ireland.
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Afternoon light beginning to catch the green faces along the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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Looking closely you can see the "Dermal Denticles" (small tooth-like bony structures - that cover shark skin ) on this Lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) fin. County Clare, Ireland.
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A battered beauty - seaglass marble. County Clare, Ireland.
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Herring gull at the old head of kinsale Monday last
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Fiadh, considering carefully whether a Pied Wagtail is worth chasing over the rocks 🤦♂️🐕🐦
County Clare, Ireland.
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Sea pink (Armeria maritima) season at the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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Spiralling flotation chambers from the shell of an ancient relative of todays Squid and octopus. A 320 million year old fossil found in the shale layers that make up the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight over broken waters, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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Wellen sind mir zu schnell lol.
Aber immerhin nur drei Farben: Lichter Ocker, Preussisch Blau und Paynes Grau - Das Grün wird so auch besser.
Blick auf Sliabh Liag von Mullaghmore Head.
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A Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea) and a Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina), County Clare, Ireland.
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Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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An expanse of flowing Thongweed (Himanthalia elongata) left high and dry by the falling tide. County Clare, Ireland.
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The coiled casings of a type of marine polychaete worm called a Spiral tubeworm (Spirorbis spirorbis) left empty on substrate that has been washed above the high tide line - often seaweed but in this case a piece of shale. County Clare, Ireland.
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Erosion patterns in the coastal limestone revealed by a large low tide. The Burren, County Clare, Ireland.
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Hedgerow blooms - Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi), Forget Me Not (Myosotis arvensis) and Water-Cress (Nasturtium officinale)
County Clare, Ireland.
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The Night Sky - in a storm tossed pebble full of Goniatite fossils, over 300 million years in the making. County Clare, Ireland.
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Teeny wee hedgerow blooms - Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys), Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) and Trailing Tormentil (Potentilla anglica)
County Clare, Ireland.
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Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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Marsh Orchids (Dactylorhiza sp.) and puppy paws on the County Clare coastline, Ireland.
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This is Molly.
She was rescued but couldn’t be fully rehabilitated and released due to damage to her front flippers. She is now a permanent resident at the Dingle Aquarium
More Goniatite ghosts (fossils) in the Carboniferous shales of the Cliffs of Moher - with a sprinkling of fools gold (iron pyrite). County Clare, Ireland.
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Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.
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Dun Chaoin / Dunquin Pier with a view to the Blasket Islands
Another view of the standing stones at Foherlagh, between #Ballydehob and #Skibbereen in #WestCork, which are featured in my masthead. This time the view to the west with Mount Gabriel on the Mizen Peninsula dominating the horizon.
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Egg wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum) with a mass of reddish fluffy Polysiphonia lanosa growing all over it. The air bladders of the Egg wrack allow it to float upright when submerged - the Polysyphonia takes advantage of this by hitching a ride on the the egg wrack. County Clare, Ireland.
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Pink on pink at the back of Owey Island. Thrift on Granite. County Donegal, Ireland.
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A Grey top shell (Steromphala cineraria), a Blue rayed limpet (Patella pellucida) and a particularly radiant Limpet shell (Patella sp.). Atlantic coast, Ireland.
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Port a Chabhlaigh Beach, Kilcar, County Donegal, Ireland.
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Sliabh Liag Cliffs, with the seastacks, locally known as the "Giants desk and chair" standing in the waters beneath.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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Mother and her young lamb sheltering behind a Napoleonic era watchtower at Carrigeen head. Built circa 1805 this tower was one of a chain of 81 similar constructions built along the Irish coastline. County Donegal, Ireland.
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“The stormy days of late #spring, when winter seems to have suddenly come back to life, were until recently called the Borrowed (or Borrowing) Days or the Skinning Days in the west of #Ireland. Legend had it that the Glas Ghaibhleann, the cow of abundance—also called the Old Brindled Cow or the Gray Cow—defied winter by claiming it could not kill her, but winter stole several days from spring and skinned the cow in retaliation.”
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @yankedoo
Beautiful skies and snow in #Spring on the #Dingle Peninsula #Ireland @barrabest #wildatlanticway #stormhour
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A colourful cave entrance - a mixture of iron oxides above and Barnacles and mussels below. Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland.
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A Thick Topshell (Phorcus lineatus) - A bit worn down but the shell colour is showing nicely.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A lovely morning spent on the beach in Ballybunion at the MOYA festival looking at Seaweeds, Sea creatures, plants and Rocks. They've got some stunning fossils down there - like these Goniatites in limestone! A young girl picked up one of the nicest wee fossils I've seen - thanks to @gra_photography_ for the invite 👍
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Spotted Cowrie Shells (Trivia monacha) with their delicately ridged surfaces, like tiny fingerprints. County Clare, Ireland.
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Yet another reason Gen X’ers are the best generation. We still send each other postcards. The joy of opening my letter box and finding a lovely part of the world in it and knowing that friends are having a lovely time in it. It makes me smile out loud.
An Ancient Hourglass, keeping time since this Goniatite was buried in the sediment of an ocean floor over 300 million years ago.
Cross section of a fossilized Goniatite.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A 320 million year old fossilized imprint of a Goniatite shell punctuates this pebble. County Clare, Ireland.
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"Lovely Ladies" - the Aran islands, County Galway, Ireland.
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Communal Coral fossil, wearing out of this rounded stormbeach rock on the Aran islands, County Galway, Ireland.
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A King Scallop (Pecten maximus), the Aran islands, County Galway, Ireland.
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A Stone Gate in a Stone wall. The Aran islands, County Galway, Ireland.
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A colourful piece of Porphyritic rhyolite. Likely deposited in County Clare by glacial action, after originating amongst the igneous rocks in County Galway.
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Large pieces of fossilized Crinoid stems. Crinoids are relatives of Starfish and Sea urchins that live on the ocean floors. When they die their bodies often break up into segments like the ones we see fossilized here. County Clare, Ireland.
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My latest seascape! Oil on wood panel, 50 x 60cm, available through https://artachart.com/ #art #painting #oilpainting #seascape #WildAtlanticWay
A piece of Conglomerate rock, County Clare, Ireland.
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Perfectly preserved shell imprints of long extinct Goniatites - relatives of modern day squid and octopus their shells littered the ancient sea floor that once covered this part of the earths surface. County Clare, Ireland.
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I noticed a couple of Valentia Island posts for #StandingStoneSunday today. Here is my contribution, the standing stone at Glanleam, which is located within a 17th century bastioned fort, next to the island’s lighthouse.
Clearing: Oil on wood panel, 50 x 60cm. Available via DM or through my website, artachart.com #art #oilpainting #abstractart #seascape #WildAtlanticWay
A Goniatite fossil, perfectly positioned in this wee pebble. Although the may look like fossilized snail shells these, long extinct, creatures were actually related to cephalopods like Octopus and Squid. County Clare, Ireland.
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A boulder full of Brachiopod fossils - Brachiopods are a type of marine shellfish whose shells littered the ancient sea floor that covered this part of the planets surface between 320 million and 360 million years ago. Lahinch, County Clare, Ireland.
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A Solitary Rugose Coral fossil eroding out of the Burren limestone - the preservation of the fine detail of its internal structure is incredible. County Clare, Ireland.
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Happy St Paddys day to everyone - here are just some of our forty shades of green in this chunk of sea polished Epidote. County Clare, Ireland.
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Untitled seascape: oil on wood panel, 40 x 80cm, available through artachart.com #oilpainting #seascape #abstractart #art #WildAtlanticWay
Also at a loss as to what kind of rock I'm looking at here - very pretty but completely out of place on a limestone shore. All ideas welcome.
@drsadhbh @kerry_geo @burrengeopark
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Wild at the old head of #Kinsale tonight!
"Storm crashing waves old head of Kinsale at night with light shining from lighthouse" via https://www.craiyon.com/
Kite surfers Garretstown, recent weeks.
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Kinsale 1984 & Apple's //c 'luggable' computer launch party in Acton's hotel.
Events included windsurfing in the harbour with the famous Apple logo on the sail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIc?wprov=sfla1
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From Heather today Sunday 09:30
"At least 5 fins feeding just South of Adam Island"
Also from the cork #iwdg group Bottlenose dolphins off Fountainstown
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#mastodaoine
Here's a tiny one for #ArtAdventCalendar day 11.
Wild Atlantic Wave.
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@fibrearts
Fin whales today, video by Heather Mahmood of the #iwdg Cork local group.
Off #glandore
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On the 100th Anniversary of the Irish State here is the Free-state Handbook of 1932 and our first tentative steps into tourism.
No mention of the scenery or friendly locals, just the value, and the “facilities”. TBF, we have been well served ever since by "Railway facilities and charges comparable to the best in Europe." and "First class roads" in #WestCork and along the #WildAtlanticWay !!
The rare sight of not one but two full rainbows on inner #Donegal Bay. The rainbows appearing to form a dome over St. Ernan’s Island #mastodaoine #irishtwitter #rainbow #photography #DiscoverIreland #gaeilge #WildAtlanticWay
A chairde,
This is my latest article on my family holiday spent in the Gaoth Dobhair Gaeltacht this year. If you're not familiar with the area, you're missing out!
#Gaeilge #FoghlaimGaeilge #Irishlanguage #Gaeltacht #GaothDobhair #LearnIrish #WildAtlanticWay
https://irishlanguagematters.com/family-holiday-in-the-gaeltacht/
Seo m'alt is déanaí ar mo bhlag faoi mo laethanta saoire i nGaoth Dobhair i mbliana.
#Gaeilge #Gaeltacht #WildAtlanticWay #Irishlanguage #DúnnanGall #FoghlaimGaeilge
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