After the beach boulders and scattered rusty metal debris, there is sequence of flat rock platforms exposed by the retreating water. They are riddled with holes made by the boring bivalves known as piddocks, some burrows just have empty shells in them but others are still occupied by the living molluscs that squirt water a foot or more into the air at frequent intervals. A velvet swimming crab mooches around the edges of the platforms, and sand tube and mud tube dwelling worms abound on all the surfaces.
Thanks for this photo of Piddock holes. Indebted to you for explaining how holes in pieces of mud/clay and pebbles come about. Really appreciate your continuing stream of beautiful and revelatory photos.
Beautiful pictures! 🙂 I like both the colors as the shapes.
Thank you, Hamish. I am pleased that my photographs and explanations continue to be appreciated. It makes everything seem more worthwhile as I often wonder whether I should go on with the blog.
Thank you, John. It is an interesting location.
Oh please continue with the blog. You explain so many things I have wondered about—and your photographs are so nice. On this post I’m especially drawn to Beneath The Spittles 18 for its visual appeal, but I love knowing about the piddocks and seeing their holes.
Thank you for your support, Linda. I guess as a fellow blogger you may also have experienced the conflicts of blogging at some time. There can be good days and bad days but I cannot see myself actually giving up on taking photographs.
I’m seeing things I didn’t know existed. And the beauty of the ordinary. Thank you.
Thank you, Claudio. I am so pleased that you like the pictures.
Beautiful images Jessica – I just adore everything to do with the sea and coast….
Thank you, Evelyn. I am at my happiest with a camera on the seashore. I love being in “the zone” on the beach.