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I blog about nature in the Norfolk countryside and about my wildlife garden. My blog blends digital photos with an analogue nature journal.

Nature journalling blends nature observation and citizen science with a written diariy or art journal to build a deeper connection with nature and cultivate curiosity, creativity and flow.

Seashells at Lady Anne's Drive

This is just about my favouritest place to visit in Norfolk, this time tidal conditions.were.favourable and I made it all the way across the saltmarsh to the beach proper, which had lots of cockle shells.

Cockle

  • A marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cocklers.

  • Are filter feeders.

  • Tolerate a wide range of salinity (euryhaline) and temperature (eurythermic) which help to explain its very extensive range.

  • Distributed from Iceland down to the coast of west Africa.

  • It has a lifespan of 5 to 6 years but is subject to predation from crabs, flounder and Oystercatchers.

Other Sightings

  • Pod razor

  • Atlantic jacknife clam

  • Common Otter shell Oyster (otrea edulis)

  • Sea Lavender

  • Biting Stonecrop

  • Oyster Catchers

  • Black-headed Seagulls

  • Swallow

  • Sandmartin

  • Meadow pipit ?