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Western Isles Beaches - Finds on and around the Beach
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Sea Anemone -Mangersta Beach
Isle of Lewis - Western Isles |
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- Traigh Mhor - Tolsta - jelly fish
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Jellyfish - Huisinis
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June 2009 - the jelly fish really are quite interesting - at Traigh Mhor -
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July 2009 - yet another different type of jelly fish - seen - at Traigh Mhor -
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We often see jellyfish on the Western Isles beaches - but this is the first time we have ever seen one actually swimming and revealing tentacles like this. This one was in the sea - at the other side of Huisinis - facing Scarp. |
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Traigh Mhor - Tolsta - jelly fish
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Seaweed - Jellyfish
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July 2009 - yet another different type of jelly fish - seen - at Traigh Mhor - Tolsta - Isle of Lewis - Western Isles
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Jelly fish found in Luskentyre Beach - Isle of Harris - Hebridean of course!
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This seaweed and jelly fish were just being washed in by the tide at Traigh Mhor Tolsta-Jun2009 |
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Stones caught in netting? |
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Painted Lady Butterfly - Rodel |
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Lone Deckchair Luskentyre Beach
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Stones either caught in netting? or perhaps for some reason tied in it? |
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A really pretty painted lady butterfly at Rodel - Isle of Harris - Western Isles - June 2009 |
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What a spot this gent picked to relax - hope the sea didn't get him - May 2009 |
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Sea Urchin - Top View |
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Sea Urchin - Bottom View |
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These sea urchin shells can be found at a lot of the beaches on The Isle of Lewis and The Isle of Harris |
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The bottom view of the sea urchin. Sea Urchins come in all shapes and sizes in different areas |
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A lovely shell - it was on Luskentyre beach May 2009
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Yellow Irises at Luskentyre Beach
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Yellow Rock - Garry Beach |
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Garry Beach - Isle of Lewis
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These lovely irises were just growing almost out of the sand as the beach meets the moorland at Luskentyre
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Even the rocks are pretty! The bright yellow make them gleam
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Muscles and shells and molluscs clinging to the rocks at Garry Beach |
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Sea Anemone - Mangersta
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Seaweed - Mangersta
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Gull Feeding - Traigh Mhor
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This lovely shiny sea anemone was clinging to the rocks with the limpets at Mangersta beach - Western Isles - June 2009 |
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This lovely coloured seaweed was growing out of the rock face at Mangersta - Isle of Lewis. |
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Not a pretty sight -but its nature - a gull consuming the flesh of another bird at Traigh Mhhor - Tolsta |
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Crab - Traigh Mhor
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Crab - Traigh Mhor
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July 2009 -another different type of crab - seen - at Traigh Mhor -
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Another different type of crab which we saw July 2009 at Traigh Mhor - Tolsta - Western isles |
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This crab really was a beauty - seen in July at Traigh Mhor - Tolsta. |
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Seaweed |
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Spaghetti Seaweed |
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Just seaweed I know - but I think its pretty - it was on the Traigh Mhor beach |
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Just seaweed I know - but I think its pretty - it was on the Traigh Mhor beach |
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Just a close up of the pretty yellow seaweed seen on the Traigh Mhor Beach - Tolsta - Jun 2009 |
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Seaweed |
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Orange Beetle - Huisinis
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Pretty seaweed on the Traigh Mhor beach - Isle of Lewis |
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This orange beetle was crawling on the sand at Huisinis - Western isles - July 2009. (perhaps a soldier beetle??) If you can identify please email chris@gcwweb.com |
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Starfish seen July 2009 on the Traigh Mhor beach at tolsta - Western Isles
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Clam - Luskentyre |
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Crab - Tolsta
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Fish and Crab - Garry |
This shell we saw Luskentyre Beach - Western Isles - May 2009 |
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Another crab which we saw June2010 at Tolsta beach - Isle of Lewis - Western isles |
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A fish and a crab on Garry Beach Aug 2010 |
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Dog Whelks |
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An Old Bouy
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Floats |
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This old buoy at Mealista would have some tales to tell |
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These colourful floats could tell a few stories if they could talk. Seen on Bosta beach - March 2011 |
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The Burying Beetle - Traigh Mhor
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A beetle actually quite near the sea - on the beach at Traigh Mhor - Tolsta - Western Isles. This gruesome but lovely beetle is the Nicrophorus (Necrophorus) vespilloides commonly called the Burying Beetle or Sexton Beetle.
It has the curious habit of burying dead birds, mice, shrews, voles and other animals by digging the earth away beneath them. A male and female Burying Beetle work together to bury the dead animal, then the strip away the fur or feathers and coat the animal in a special saliva.
The Burying Beetle (also called the Sexton Beetle carries out this odd behaviour to provide food for its young. The female beetle lays her eggs in a tunnel dug near the dead animal, and when they hatch the larvae eat the whole animal.
The Burying Beetle is unusual for insects as not only does it bury dead animals but the male and female beetles also stay behind to look after their young, and to help them feed. |
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Here are just a few photographs and information from some of the most dramatic beaches in the world can be seen in The Hebrides.. Borve, Horgabost, Seilebost, Garry, Traigh Mhor, Bosta, Uig, Reef Beach, Vhaltos, Mangersta,Shawbost and many more. |
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