Sea pumpkin on the beach

Before a sea pumpkin becomes a ... well, sea pumpkin, it spends it's life as a spiky sea urchin living in a rock pool or gully somewhere on the coast. But once the creature inside the shell dies the spikes fall off and only a green "pumpkin" looking shell is left behind. These sea pumpkins are … Continue reading Sea pumpkin on the beach →

Jellyfish for lunch

I've posted about Plough Shells before (here and here) but I can never get enough of these very interesting creatures living in the sand below the high and low tide mark. On a visit to Dana Bay near Mossel Bay in the Western Cape we found literally hundreds of them feeding on a dead jelly … Continue reading Jellyfish for lunch →

Plough Shells cleaning out

Talk about licking out your plate when you done. A couple of Plough Shells cleaning out a mussle shell dropped on the beach by a Black Oyster Catcher.

"Heads up", its an urchin…

Sea urchins are normally found in rock pools and when alive have sharp spikes all over... so watch out not to step in one cause it may lead to jumping around on one leg holding on to a painful foot. I found this urchin that has already lost it's spikes in a pool near the Knysna … Continue reading "Heads up", its an urchin… →

Jellyfish and fishermen

A piece of jellyfish on the beach at Dana Bay near Mossel Bay with a couple of fishermen in the background

Footprints

Today I'm posting pictures of two distict sets of footprints on the beachThe first one is that of Chaos Boy running on the beach at Dana Bay near Mossel Bay...... while the second is that (well, can't really call it a set, more like a trail) of a plough snail

Sea weed

I saw sea weed by the sea shore, sea weed I saw by the score

Purple jellyfish

Drama Princess has developed a fascination for jellyfish washed up on the beach. She was even more intrigued when we found this peculiar purple one on the beach in Mossel Bay.

Sand shark

I found this shark washed up on the beach a little while ago and the first thought that crossed my mind was that it's a sand shark. There are actual sharks called sand sharks, but that's not why I thought it. Sand shark. Get it?

Gannet of flight past

I know this isn't the happiest of pictures, but it still fascinated me when I saw it and I couldn't help taking a picture of it. It is a dead Cape Gannet which was washed up on the rocks at high tide. I have actually posted another dead gannet photo before (macabre isn't it?) which … Continue reading Gannet of flight past →