Category Archives: Sabellaria, honeycomb worm

Strange animals of the Solway shore

Posted on January 24, 2022 by solwayshorewalker

This is a resumé of a short talk I gave at Bowness-on-Solway on Saturday 22nd January, as part of the event that launched the ‘Hadrian’s Wall 1900’ celebrations. I’m posting it here because some of the audience wanted to know … Continue reading →

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Snippets 11: big moon, big tides, at Allonby Bay

Posted on October 19, 2016 by solwayshorewalker

On Monday night the full moon, its face very slightly squashed, shone down on a stormy Solway Firth. The brown silt-laden waves pounded ashore and shortly after midnight the incoming tide that was battering the sea-defences at Dubmill Point reached … Continue reading →

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