Tailored Walking Tours of the Cliffs of Moher, the Burren and Ireland's West Coast. Specialising in Zoology, Marine Biology, Geology, Botany and History
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Last Notes npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A small piece of porphyritic rhyolite studded with colourful crystalline structures. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast "Used crab clothing" npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast "Aill na Searrach" - "The Cliff of the Foals" is the tallest rock face along the Cliffs of Moher and stands at just over 700 feet in height. It's name is based on a legend that says the last 7 of the Tuatha Dé Dannan (an ancient people that inhabited ireland) fell to their deaths from this cliff after emerging from nearby caves. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A head on look at a battered and sun-bleached European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) shell. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A late Summer stroll down a country lane - just over a week ago before our weather shifted to showers. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Fossil Crinoid stems and segments with a wee cup coral on the left. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea), sitting just above the lowtide waterline. Looks almost good enough to eat 😋 (I wouldn't advise it) npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Must've watched a bit too much Sci-fi as a kid, as all I can see when I look at this partial Goniatite fossil is an Alien fetus!! 👽 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Fiadh, competing with the Cliffs of Moher for attention - There's only one winner 🤣 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Pheasant feather??? npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast 👽👽🐙 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A stone covered in a (sun bleached) coralline algae. Then alive this marine algae would have been a Pink colour. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Goniatite shell fossil. A spiral of interconnected chambers that the living creature (related to modern Squid and Octopus) would have used like ballast tanks to maintain its position in the water column. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast An adolescent Herring gull (Larus argentatus) hanging about at the Cliffs of Moher. It is maybe 3 years old and has still got some brown feathers around its head - which it will loose as it reaches maturity. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) feeding trails. You can see the individual scrape marks left behind as this individual used it's rasp to remove algae from the rock. A Limpets rasp is a file like structure covered in tiny hard teeth made of Goethite fibres - one of the hardest natural structures we know of. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Sand ripples, from the sea floor that covered this area over 300 million years ago, preserved in broken stone pieces. Visual remnants that help your imagination to wander back to a very different time and environment. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Morning fog droplets covering every available space on the surface of this Ladies mantle (Alchemilla sp.) leaf. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast The Cliffs of Moher, with O'Brien's tower looking out towards the Aran islands in the distance. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Septarian nodule (fossilized mud bubble). npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast The underside of an Arctic Cowrie (Trivia arctica) shell with grooves running across it as fine as fingerprints. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Loinnir (pronounced Lin-ir) is an Irish word for the flickering/dancing sparkle on the waters surface. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Fools Gold (iron pyrite) between shale layers. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Butterflys and Bees on late Summer blooms. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Barnacle encrusted, Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) carapace. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A fresh By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella velella) washed up on the sand. Open ocean drifters that use winds to propel themselves across the water's surface, catching prey with their, blue stinging tentacles as they go. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Fiadh, framed in a coastal canyon. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A shore polished concretion, formed in an ancient delta deposit, eroded out by the action of the Atlantic and worn smooth by sand and waves. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Lugworm (Arenicola marina) cast and hole. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast An exploratory Ivy (Hedera sp.) tendril, reaching out from a crevace in the limestone, searching for something to climb. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Cushion star (Asterina gibbosa) making it's way across a bed of seashell fragments. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Chitons - 11 different species of chiton are found in Ireland, but they are quite small and easily overlooked when poking about in the intertidal zone. They're like a cross between a Limpet and a Woodlouse with beautiful patterns 😍 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Gina and myself, staring into a water barrel - not sure what we were waiting for 🫏🤣 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Fossilized Goniatites, like galaxies spiraling through space in a handheld Universe. Over 300 million years in the making. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast The Cliffs of Moher. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Salt crystals forming, under sunshine, in shallow limestone rookpools. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Sound on 🔊 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Shaking hands (finger/tentacles) with a Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina). npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A perfectly positioned Goniatite fossil. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast The Cliffs of Moher, fading into Atlantic mist. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A sea polished piece of, what I think might be, porphyritic rhyolite with a nice variety of coloured crystalline material included. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Bryozoan sea-mats on kelp fronds. These are colonial structures made up of individual zooids, that look like fine lacework doyleys, fanning out from a central starting point. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Changing faces at the Cliffs of Moher. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast An Branán Mór - an almost 200ft tall seastack, located directly beneath one of the highest sections of the Cliffs of Moher. The light coloured area on the seastack is where a huge piece has recently fallen off. Atlantic ocean erosion has shaped this feature over hundreds and thousands of years and will eventually break it down. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast "The Mummy" npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Small Tortoise shell butterflies (Aglais urticae) on garden flowers. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Dahlia anemones (Urticina felina), both opened and closed with a Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea) looking on from above in this lowtide rockpool. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Bivalve fossils in in Shale layers, with a scattering of small Goniatite fossils around the edges. Traces of what was once a shallow, tropical sea floor. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Bryozoan sea-mat growing over a colony of tube worms. Bryozoans are small filter feeding creatures, with individuals referred to as Zooids, that often live in large colonies called sea-mats. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Gorgeous green shore-stones. Epidote I believe 🤔 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A limestone pebble that has been attacked by a Boring sponge (Cliona celata) leaving it pitted, marked and looking like it's been chewed 😋 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui). A Summer migrant to Ireland, it travels north from continental Europe or North Africa during the warmer months. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Shore Clingfish/Cornish sucker (Lepadogaster purpurea) holding on tightly to a Limpet shell. Clingfish have adapted their pectoral fins into a suction cup, which they use to hold onto rocks in the intertidal zone. This allows them to hold their position even if the weather gets a bit rough. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Blue seaglass droplet. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Netted Dogwhelks (Tritia reticulata) moving in on some food. These little scavengers behave like an intertidal cleanup crew and once they pick up a scent they move faster than your average snail. 🐌⚡️ npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Lepidodendron fossils. Fossilized root sections from giant (up to 50m) tree-like club moss species that grew in the tropical swampy conditions, that prevailed on this part of the planets surface over 300 million years ago. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A vividly coloured Furrowed crab (Xantho sp.) waving his claws about. 🦀🤨 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Sound on 🔊 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Midday sun, casting shaddow on the rock faces at the Cliffs of Moher. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) flowering on sand dune edges on the County Clare coastline. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Sea Cucumber (Holothuria forskali - I'm guessing) extending its retractable tentacles and rolling over to show off its tube feet. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Gina's busy defending her treat (Cleavers/Stickywillies) from Boxer's attention. He decides to comes over to complain that she's not sharing 🤣 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A couple of pastel, seapottery pieces. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A bit of Summer drizzle has this snail moving out on the open road again, after a long dry spell kept them confined to shady areas. 🐌 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Small periwinkles (Melarhaphe neritoides) are tiny semi-marine gastropods (snails) that live in cracks and crevices around the high tideline. Although they spend most of their time out of the water they need access to the sea to reproduce. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Fiadh, slinking about in a Seacave. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A pretty pebble- likely a glacial deposit from the last iceage. Volcanic in origin, it stands out against the rest of the sedimentary limestone and sandstone commonly found here. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast The large purple patch in the water at the bottom of the Cliffs of Moher is a huge accumulation of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). It's hard to get an idea of scale when you're looking down from a height of almost 700 feet, but I'd say that there's a few hundred thousand of them in it 🪼😲 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Another gorgeous Goniatite fossil 😍 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Seacave water, so clear and still - it looks allot shallower than it is!! npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast An almost perfectly circular sandstone. Like a handheld Moon. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A group of Snakelocks anemones (Anemonia viridis) devouring a Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) that they've managed to get a hold of. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast DELAYS - due to Thick topshells (Phorcus lineatus) crossing the track. 🐚🚂 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Sometime around 320 million years ago. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast As a child I'd often spot these "oil spills" in small pools or roadside drains and assumed it came from vehicles or dumped waste. I later learned that most of it was organic - and actually coming from soils or rocks in the area. They way to tell the difference is by touching the surface. Synthetic oils will fill in the gap on the surface once you remove you're fingers - this stuff won't. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) and a Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea) on the shore during lowtide. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A selection of fossilized Crinoid stems, preserved in a piece of a dark shale, concretion. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Looking outwards. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast In this image that evokes a "Parent and child" scene, are a pair of Goniatite fossils that have lain facing each other in the sediment layers, that make up the Cliffs of Moher, for over 300 million years. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Seaweeds (like the leaves on trees) often lose their dark red/brown or green colours as they decompose, often changing briefly to bright pinks or yellows like the one here. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A partially "hatched" septarian nodule (fossilized mud bubble). npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Mirrored seacave, rockpool reflection. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast One my favourite seashells to find on the shore 😍 - a Common Wentletrap shell (Epitonium clathrus). npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A partial European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) shell. Although a deep blue colour when alive, lobsters (like many crustacean species) turn a red or orange colour, as seen in this video, when exposed to heat or direct sunlight. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Breadcrumb Sponge (Halichondria panicea) on a rock overhang at lowtide. This one has a range of colour variations including, Green, Orange and Yellow. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast nice Crinoids 👌 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Dublin Airport? npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Sliabh Rua, like a giant, coiled, stone serpent. As seen from the Burren National park. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Shore Crab (Necora puber). npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Fools Gold or Iron pyrite between layers of sedimentary rock. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Fiadh trying to convince me that a walk might be a better way to spend the morning than checking emails. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast The shell of a dried out Common Goose Barnacle (Lepas anatifera). npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A pretty two-tone pebble. Volcanic in origin and likely transported from County Galway by glacial activity during one of the last iceages. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Lichens covering this coastal stone wall in a shaggy coat. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Gina - Stuck on the wrong side of the wall at feeding time 🤣🤣 npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast "Wow" npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A Black limpet shell. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A thicket of flowering Common Knapweeds (Centaurea nigra) adding their own character and color to our roadside verges. These plants could be described as "unarmed thistles" as their flowers resemble them closely but they lack the spikes and spines of their better known counterparts. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast A piece of seapottery, smoothed edged and slightly faded after time spent rolling in the sand. npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast "Holy Stone" npub1kgewykf23fjfykzmy0wwdnvzhat6g4q57xe63nvz7ckdhn9g2hvqczn08q Cormac's Coast Coiled Goniatite fossils in varying orientations fill this piece of stormbeach shale.
