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Cormac_McGinley, 8 months ago to ireland

Any ideas as to what causes this pattern on the trunks of two different tree species?? -
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 9 months ago to ireland

Not really sure what this is a fossil of?? If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them 🤔
Found in carboniferous limestone.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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Cormac_McGinley, 1 year ago to random

Part of a Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus) pincer.
I once listened to a man in a pub in Donegal convincingly explain to a group of tourists that these were pieces of bear claw from a much persecuted population, that he himself had targeted in his younger days, using a length of rope, a large hook and a few Herring (for bait). 🤣🤣
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 10 months ago to ireland

Anybody got any ideas on an ID for this lovely moth?
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 9 months ago to wildflowers

Late blooming Sea pinks (Armeria maritima) keeping some fleck of summer colours along the shoreline. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 7 months ago to ireland

What do you see in this image?
And what do you think it is?
County, County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 1 year ago to random

A patterned piece of what was likely once a prized platter.
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to ireland

Septarian Nodules (fossilized mud bubbles) that have eroded out of the sedimentary layers of the Cliffs of Moher.
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 9 months ago to ireland

Some teeny wee Sandalled Anemones (Actinothoe sphyrodeta).
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 9 months ago to ireland

Limpet (Patella sp.) feeding trails - the one in the centre was clearly eating on the go! It's trail reminds me of a bungee rope.
Limpet teeth are made up of fibers of Goethite - one of the strongest known natural substances. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 6 months ago to ireland

"In a galaxy far, far away."
300 million year old Goniatite fossils make up a picture of an imagined universe in this seaworn stone.
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 7 months ago to ireland

I think this might be the skull of a Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus),but this is a guess based on its similarities to pics I've seen - if anyone has any other suggestions I'd love to hear them!
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 7 months ago to random

Here's a link to an interview I did earlier in the year while out on a walk with Michele Browne.
Starts around the 30 min mark.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11576110/

Cormac_McGinley, 7 months ago to random

A young Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis). Although these are the species native to Irish waters most of the Oysters grown here for consumption are Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas) as the reach market size a few years earlier. County Clare, Ireland.

Cormac_McGinley, 4 months ago to random

A Purple Sea Urchin (Paracentrotus lividus), Green Sea Urchin (Echinocyamus pusillus), Furrowed Crab (Xantho sp.) a couple of Goby's (Gobiidae sp.) a Common Starfish (Asterias rubens) and a few Topshells.
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 4 months ago to random

Shore Clingfish (Lepadogaster purpurea) also known as a "Cornish Sucker".
They've got modified pelvic fins that act as a suction cup allowing them to hold onto rocks in the intertidal zone.
This one attached itself to my hand before I popped it back in the water.
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 4 months ago to random

An Common Blenny (Lipophys pholis) looking pretty unimpressed - I normally find them under rocks but caught this one of the water at lowtide so popped it back in the nearest pool.
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 3 months ago to ireland

Frog spawn developing in the puddles and ponds all around. What were perfectly round black dots just over a week ago have begun to elongate and grow their tails. 🐸🥚

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Cormac_McGinley, 3 months ago to ireland

Another fragment of past homelife scattered on the shore.
This looks like a bit of spongeware - I wonder what the full design looked like 🤔
County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 8 months ago to Geology

A pretty green pocket pebble, County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 7 months ago to ireland

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 8 months ago to random

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Cormac_McGinley, 7 months ago to Geology

Nice wee Goniatite fossil in this sea-polished pocket pebble. County Clare, Ireland.

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Cormac_McGinley, 7 months ago to Geology

Winter sky reflected in the surface of this spherical concretion. County Clare, Ireland. #pocketpebble

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Cormac_McGinley, 2 months ago to ireland

Spiraling galaxies in a pebble universe.

Goniatite fossils, marking the spots where these ancient creatures lay in delta sediments over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.

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