Gina modelling her freshly painted toes as she mooches about for more treats 🫏🥕
It's a weekly application of Stockholm tar to strengthen her hooves - just before anyone thinks I've got a Emo donkey on my hands.
County Clare, Ireland.
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An absolutely stunning Magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata) resting on the wall of a friend's house yesterday afternoon. I can't remember ever seeing one this striking 😍
County Clare, Ireland.
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This Common garden snail (Cornu aspersum) deciding to take a closer look at me while crossing a wall.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Purple sea-urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) peering out from hollows in the bedrock that they've excavated for themselves.
County Clare, Ireland.
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A piece of a Septarian nodule - eroded from coastal sedimentary layers by the action of the Atlantic ocean.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Sand ripples from an ancient sea floor that covered this area over 300 million years ago - now scattered around the site of an abandoned quarry.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Sheep's-Bit (Jasione montana) flowers opening up all along the edges of the Cliffs of Moher at the moment.
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What I think is a Common Burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespillo) being harassed by a group of mites.
Burying Beatles lay their eggs on the dead bodies of small animals (rodents or birds) and their young feed on the corpses when they hatch.
County Clare, Ireland.
Morning at the Cliffs of Moher.
You can just about hear the seabirds calling through the wind.
County Clare, Ireland.
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"Pink Pompoms" a pair of fluffy tufts of Coral weed (Corallina officinalis) growing in rockpools on the lowtide.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.