A very blurry image that nonetheless proves that harlequin ducks are among the four prettiest species of duck. Here are four of them frolicking on a rock in the intertidal, with waves hitting rocks behind them.

A black oystercatcher, a nearly perfectly black bird with red bill and eyes and pink legs, walking through the sandy intertidal surrounded by perfect little holes to catch invertebrates in.

It was a great weekend for birdwatching, but not so much for bird photography. You'll have to trust me that these harlequin ducks did their part for me - gorgeous ducks, gorgeous light - but I just didn't have the lens for it. The oystercatchers were out in force too.
#oregon #birds #intertidal

Picture view of the intertidal stone fish weir Strangford Lough Northern Ireland. copyright P Montgomery

Stone #fishweir as one of a number of #intertidal monuments in wider #maritime #culturallandscape interwoven with human cultural tradition, melding with coastal ecology, sometimes in a single bay or estuary. 1/4 #Coastalhistory #4oceans #coastsinmind

Sometimes you find an interesting #Stone and sometimes you find something interesting on the stone.

Some photographs from past #ShoreWalk

📸📸 🦑 🌿

#Photography #虫 #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #SciArt #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #Intertidal #Snails #Corals #Sponges #Oysters

Chiton de la chatte

Le chiton est un mollusque marin aux huit plaques dorsalement articulées, souvent trouvé sur les rochers dans des zones intertidales. #Mollusque #Marin #Plates #Intertidal #Chiton

The final 3 Leather Stas from tonight's beach visit.
#SalishSea
#SeaStar
#LeatherStar
#Intertidal

Another 4 Leather Stas from the visit to the beach tonight.
#SalishSea
#SeaStar
#LeatherStar
#Intertidal

So bright and red and trippy patterned.

The Leather Star, Dermasterias imbricata.
Found in typical dramatic pose while contending with a retreating tide.

#SalishSea
#SeaStar
#LeatherStar
#Intertidal

7 more cuties seen 👇

A colony of Aggregating Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, found growing prolifically on a boulder at Sunrise Beach Park, Washington State just before sunset. #Anemone #Nature #Surf
#Intertidal #SalishSea

Leather Star, Dermasterias imbricata found along the seashore at Sunrise Beach Park Washington State tonight just before sunset.
#SeaStar #Nature #Surf #Intertidal #SalishSea

Swordle, West Ardnamurchan.

“The shore is not a boundary, but a meeting place.”

Ardnamurchan teaches this quietly.

Land and sea don’t end here.... they listen to one another.

Part 25 of my Spiorad aird nam Murchan series of writing & photography: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

#OirNaMara #EdgeOfTheSea #Intertidal

A macro photo of a head-on view of a Purple Shore Crab. The crab is approx. 3 in in length, and is staring into the camera. It is a dark reddish purple color with gradient pink claws that have purple polka dots on them.

A PNW tidepool staple, the precious Purple Shore Crab 🦀💜 #crab #crabs #tidepools #oregonartist #photographersonbluesky #marinelife #intertidal #blueskyart

A macro photo of three species- a Giant Green Anemone on the top, a purple Ochre Star on the bottom, and an extra special Porcelain Crab in the center that has purple and blue tones on its carapace vs the more standard brown to orange coloration.

There is too much beauty to quit 💙Keep loving. Keep fighting.💙
#oregoncoast #intertidal #tidepools #crab #keepgoing #oceanoptimism #blueskyart #oregonartist #blueskyartshow

Another illustration for Tasha Greenwood’s Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants, published by Storey. Yay! Tidal Zones!

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#intertidal #bookillustration #scienceillustrator #dunlin

A verticle scene of a healthy intertidal wall at low tide with mussels on the top, and various sized Ochre Stars trailing downward. They range in hues of dark red and purple to bright orange. There is an extra large and chunky sea star in the middle of the frame.

ThiccccStar 🌟
#oregoncoast #intertidal #tidepools #seastar #oceanoptimism #blueskyart #oregonartist #blueskyartshow

Why has no one written the South Pacific companion to Ed Rickett’s classic, Between Pacific Tides? Project Idea? #MarineEcology #intertidal #Chile #Enoplochitons #kelp #WesternFlyer #EdRicketts

IOB
Genetic Structure of the Rocky #Intertidal Stalked #Barnacle Capitulum mitella Across the Northwest Pacific and Southeast Asia: Influences of Pleistocene #Climate Changes and Contemporary #Oceanographic Regimes

A Shahdadi ,
B K K Chan
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#science

BioNept Intertidal Moroccan Tour 2026 🌊🦪🇲🇦
Back to work on intertidal rocky shores along this stunning stretch of coast. 🌊🦀🦪
#Morocco #Intertidal #Biodiversity
@katynicastro.bsky.social @gerardozardi.bsky.social @univlille.bsky.social

Check out IOB's latest!
#Genetic Structure of the Rocky #Intertidal Stalked #Barnacle Capitulum mitella Across the Northwest Pacific and Southeast Asia: Influences of Pleistocene #Climate Changes and Contemporary #Oceanographic Regimes
A Shahdadi ,
B K K Chan
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#science

#fineart #photographie #ocean #intertidal #laissedemer #estran #atlantique #poesie #mediationartetscience #estranmondelicatrivage #2026

Photo showing three very small crabs perched on top of empty seashells. The crabs are holding onto the shells with their tiny pincers. The tiny crustaceans are different colors, one is orange-brown with red legs, one is green with darker patches and the one in the background is mostly brown. Underneath the near-vertical shells, the ground is covered with other shells and small pebbles submerged in water. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

#Crabs galore, for this year's last #InverteFest! 🦀
This is from my 2022 trip to Vancouver Island. There were so many tiny teeny crabs, they were adorable!
#Invertebrates #Intertidal #Crustaceans #SciArt #PhotoHour

📣 New paper!
#Intertidal mussels with cyanobacterial symbionts can act as net #CO₂ sinks.
Species interactions shape coastal #carboncycle!

doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

#Holobiont #ClimateChange
@univlille.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @gerardozardi.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org

ICB Student awardee publication spotlight:

The Role of Mobility in #Intertidal #Invertebrates’ Responses to

#Thermal #Stress

L C McIntire and L P Miller

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#science #biology #biologists #ectotherms #climatechange

Some of the birds are on the beach, they think it’s a plover…

#plover #goldenplover #pluvialisapricaria #coastal #intertidal #winter #birds #birdlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ynyslas #dyfi #dovey #estuary #corsfochno #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspbcymru.bsky.social

Aerial imagery of Lough Swilly fishweir Co_Donegal.

#Doonbeg #Co_Clare #Ireland. Home to #intertidal stone #fishweir 'fish pounds' or salmon walls' very like the stone #fishweirs of #LoughSwilly, #Co_Donegal. Marine fish traps are relatively rare on the island of Ireland, but only a few are located on the open ocean. 2/6

Sand between your toes: Our collective coastal minds | CiM Sand between your toes: Our collective coastal mindsBy Paul Montgomery PhDA key experience most of us have shared is our first childhood memory of going to the beach. The feel of the sand under your f...

New Blog to share from the Coasts in Mind @coastsinmind.bsky.social project. Sand between your toes: Our collective coastal minds By Paul Montgomery
cim.mola.org.uk/blogs/sand-b...
#NationalLotteryPlayers #CoastalArchaeology #HeritageFund #intertidal #coastalcommunities
#MaritimeHeritage

Drift logs destroying intertidal ecosystems According to a study published by University of Victoria biologist Tom Reimchen and two of his students, free-floating logs that wash ashore, referred to as drift logs, are causing widespread destruction of rocky intertidal ecosystems communities along the coast of Western Canada.

14-Nov-2025
Drift logs destroying #intertidal #ecosystems
>> look after your #logs and don't let them drift away !

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105958

#science #coastal #environment #timber #marineBiology

Extreme close-up of clustered barnacle shells on a rock. The ridged, white calcareous plates fill the frame, with dark, circular openings between them. One barnacle in the foreground shows a small amber droplet at its tip. Soft, warm lighting and shallow depth of field create a creamy, abstract background.

#photography #macrophotography #macrophoto #nature #sea #meri #rannikko #seashore #barnacles #intertidal

Yellow Flat winkle on kelp. Taken on The Skerries. Anglesey, Wales. #anglesey #wales #nature #invertebrates #yellowflatwinkle #winkles #intertidal

A pair of Falkland's steamer ducks on a kelp bed at New Island one of the Falkland Islands #ducks #steamerducks #seaducks #flightlessbirds #birds #falklandislands #nature #wildlife #sea #kelp #southatlantic #newisland #intertidal

Tony Child of Thanet Coast Project shows a chart of incidents reported by volunteer coastal wardens.

Jon and Emma from Cement Fields. The slide shows their environmentally-friendly copies of dumped tyres that form mini-rockpools in the intertidal.

2nd session of the Kent Wildlife Conference, covering the coast and sea. Tony Child of Thanet Coast Project covered monitoring & management of the very urban Thanet seashore. Emma & Jon from Cement Fields spoke on an innovative project for people and marine wildlife. #KentNature #marine #intertidal