A Septarian nodule (a fossilized mud bubble) in a lowtide rockpool. Fiadh's scanning for more in the background 👀
County Clare, Ireland.
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mastodon 4.7.3Tailored Walking Tours of the Cliffs of Moher, the Burren and Ireland's West Coast. Specialising in Zoology, Marine Biology, Geology, Botany and History
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A Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) flowering by a holy well in a secluded patch of Burren woodland.
A beautiful Orchid species that I don't stumble across very often.
County Clare, Ireland.
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This is a, stunningly pretty, Jurrasic era communal coral fossil from a species called Thecosmilia. This specimen was found in County Antrim but is currently on display in the Burren visitor centre in Kilfenora, County Clare.
(1/2) An odd wee bit of rock I spotted up in Kilcar in County Donegal last year turns out to be part of a fossilized fin spine from a long extinct species of shark-like fish called "Oracanthus milleri".
Although previously recorded in County Armagh during the 1800s this small fossil is the first record of this species found in County Donegal.
A fossilized Goniatite shell - individual internal flotation chambers are clearly visible. And it's even got a dusting of fools gold ☀️
County Clare, Ireland.
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Stunning Spirals in Ballybunion @ballybunionmoya 300 million year old Goniatite fossils in limestone.
County Kerry, Ireland.
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Grikes running through the Burren limestone layers.
Fractures caused by tectonic activity 290 million years ago and widened by water erosion after being exposed by glacial activity during the last iceage OR the train track junction of an ancient civilisation 🤷♂️
County Clare, Ireland.
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A Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina) in a rockpool, with its blue "beads" on display. They are stinging cells that they use in territorial disputes with other anemones.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Mirrored seacave, rockpool reflection.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A perfect Goniatite fossil with its internal flotation chambers and their divisions clearly visible. Like a spiral staircase decending to the the depths.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris). Ireland's only native Newt species and one of only three native amphibians along with the Common Frog and Natterjack Toad.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Sliabh Rua - and huge limestone in the heart of the Burren.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Fossilized Crinoid stems and segments, Cup corals and Bryozoans. Ghosts of tiny carboniferous era marine lives emerging in almost perfect detail from the surrounding rock.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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Gina - Stuck on the wrong side of the wall at feeding time 🤣🤣
Thanks to @pheebz11 for the cute video.
County Clare, Ireland.
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