Tide was low at 0.1m.
RT had already gotten to the shore earlier and was busy flashing away at all manner of tiny marine organisms at the far end of the shore.
I decided to head straight onto the shore not at all expecting to sink in knee deep.
Both legs slipped into the soft soft mud so effortlessly and I was suddenly knee deep in mud. Good thing the tide was very low at that point. I looked over to where RT was and she was sooo far away....too far away and out of earshot. The thought of drowning when the tide came back in occurred. Mustering strength from the thought of drowning, I managed to wriggle onto my knees and crawled out on all fours...that was the only way to stop from sinking into the mud.
Happily free I kept to walking on the sandy shore away from the muddy stretches.
Came across a few small carpet anemones.
and other tiny anemones...
Seagrass was present too with Ovalis patches here and there and even Halodule (probably univervis)
There was also a rather rare sand dollar shell. No live dollars seen though.
Snails were plentiful and their shells were all of a wide variety.
thorny pink sea cucumber :-
ball cucumber
snapping shrimp
ghost crabs - these guys can run very fast! but these chose to play hide and seek
can you see the crab?
other crabs were plentiful too
There was also a horseshoe crab shell. Just one.
striped hermit crab
All in all, it was a wonderful new shore!
Read RT's version and sights here :
http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2008/11/rare-sand-dollars-and-other-surprises.html
Yeah, I had to do the 'mudskipper' crawl too, soon after I arrived :-)
ReplyDeleteBut the shore was a real treat, thanks for sharing the photos!