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The Coastal Zone
http://thecoastalzone.blogspot.com
Life at the edge of the sea - a marginal world of ebb and flow
- Added on: Mar 22nd, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: RamblingRob
- Listed in: Natural Life Science
- Tags: coast Nature biology wildlife marine geology
Recent Posts
Windy Walkies
Conditions for walking the dog on Yaverland beach this afternoon were difficult to say the least, with winds of Force 5 to 7 gusting Force 8. The breaking seas are exciting on such a day but sand blown hard along the beach by the prevailing south-wes...
Hopping Blogs
This little red grasshopper - a colour variant of the Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunnus, I think - pinged into view among the Spiny Rest-harrow Ononis spinosa at Whitecliff Bay this afternoon. I don't think I've seen a red one before. Anyway, the...
Bloggers' Holiday
Welcome to Sandown Bay for a Natural History Bloggers' seaside holiday. My name's Rob and I'll be your guide for the next minute or two. A somewhat grey morning isn't it but let's take a look along the shore. Looks like the cuttlefish Sepea officinal...
Cuckoos by the Sea
Some new bees caught my attention on the Cliff Path today as they cruised in and out of the ivy, occasionally pausing to preen their antennae before swerving back into their endless circuits. They seemed to be coming from a grassy area on the cliff e...
Ladies and Longhorns
I am waiting for a Clouded Yellow to meet me on the Cliff Path, which is where I've first spotted them for the last couple of years. Meanwhile the latest lot of Painted Ladies to alight in Sandown Bay are looking decidedly rough around the edges, or ...
Time and Place
Sometimes the world seems such a crowded place, other times you wonder where everybody is. It's all a matter of timing.Sandown Bay, around 9am today....
