🙌 Successful Flapper Skate Egg-case Hunt on Friday with Tattie!
Fifteen found which isn’t bad for the Scottish mainland! A few interesting ones and some with evidence of potential predation 🐚 🐙 🦀

#flapperskate #eggcase #spaniel #coast #marinelife #scotland

A panoramic view taken on one of the walking paths around RSPB nature reserve

Small Spotted Shark Eggcase brown and with plenty of tendrils

Super half day at #RSPB Mersehead yesterday mass flocks of Barnacle geese, wonderful views of Pintail, whilst in the skies were Buzzards, Red Kites & Merlin. On the beach was a Small Spotted Catshark #Eggcase, no Skate/Ray cases.
#Naturewalk #HiddenWonders #Scotland #Birdwatching #Marinelife

Attended an online talk yesterday from Cat Gordon from the #Shark Trust – Strandline to Science: The Journey of a Shark Eggcase. Will be looking along that strandline in the next few weeks for those ‘mermaids purses’ with the aim to use the #Eggcase Hunt app to log my records.

It's a great morning for beachcombing! #CitizenScience #sharks #eggcase

The utter contrast of Cairnbulg Beach never fails to astound me.
We have removed TONNES of #beachlitter from here over the years & still it comes ashore, & yet wading through it, I came across a hatched critically endangered #FlapperSkate #eggcase !
Exasperation and hope all rolled into one….

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Baby mantids / #RedWolf

Baby mantids / #RedWolf flic.kr/p/2qByP1c #photography #mantidae #mantid #eggcase #cocoon #insect #prayingmantis

Nothing to see here… just a #catshark #starryskate and a #flapperskate #eggcase on the draining rack!

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Praying mantis egg case / #RedWolf

Praying mantis egg case / #RedWolf flic.kr/p/2qBsMSW #photography #mantidae #mantid #eggcase #cocoon #insect #prayingmantis

Home in North Wales for Christmas and found a great collection of shark and ray egg cases on the beach after recent storms. For comparison L-R: (Thornback?) ray, Bullhuss / Greater Spotted Dogfish and Cat Shark / Lesser Spotted Dogfish. #eggcase #ukshark #mermaidspurse #beachcoming #nature

Small spotted #catsharks (Scyliorhinus canicula) will always find something to allow them to anchor an eggcase!
This was literally the only vertical growth in the vicinity of the seabed, it made for a beautiful snap!

#shark #eggcase #marinelife #scubadiving #ukwildlife #underwaterphotography