Softback book ‘RSPB Handbook of the Seashore’ by Maya Plass, 2013. Photographic guide to the seashore, and the plants and wildlife found there.
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Softback book ‘RSPB Handbook of the Seashore’ by Maya Plass, 2013. Photographic guide to the seashore, and the plants and wildlife found there.
Fosslised bivalve seashell in a piece of worked flint found in a sand blowout at Balephuil.
A small winkle shell used as a whistle by Mary MacKinnon, Parkhouse, Balephetrish, in about 1995.
Three purple shells of the Violet Sea-snail Janthina janthina in a glass jar. Found on the beach at The Green, these shells were part of an exceptional influx of at least 50 specimens to reach Tiree in August 2017. The Violet Sea-snail is a warm-water species, and none had been previously recorded on the island.
Goose barnacle.
Goose barnacle.