Yeah, erm, sorry about that! There has been a rather long-running farce regarding the internet at our new residence in Scarborough. Thankfully that's all been sorted now and I'm back up and running.
At the end of September we took advantage of four low tides, and visited Scalby Mills, Holbeck (x2) and Cornelian Bay.
We caught three lobsters, one of which was in berry (see title photo). It is coming to the time of year when crustaceans are getting broody - we came across a very angry shore crab, who was obviously more interested in finding a mate than dealing with our camera!
We encountered breeding Swimmer Crabs, Shore Crabs and Edible Crabs, as well as the in-berry lobster.
Links to the pictures can be found here
Our next rockpooling trip will be either the 14th or 15th of November. We shall be keeping an eye out for another species of sea spider, and eventually we will be concentrating on finding species that have eluded our capture so far. One particular low tide next year seems a good bet for new finds. There is a low tide of 0.41m in February '09! Compare this to the more than respectable 0.94m tide coming up in mid-November.
Make sure you check out the link!
Steve
2 comments:
Some very interesting photos and large claws!
I never realised lobsters etc could be so colourful
Very enjoyable
paul harrison aka pnepaul
Cheers Paul :) I think most people are surprised at a lobsters colour simply beacuse they have seen American lobsters cooked, or uncooked, either way they are a dull red/brown colour - unlike European Lobsters.
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