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A Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) in full flow. County Clare, Ireland.

A wee fluffy donkey! Gina, getting a blow dry in a stiff Southerly breeze. County Clare, Ireland.

A sea smoothed ball of Goniatite fossils. The shells of ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus that swam the seas over 300 million years ago. County Clare, Ireland.

An egg mass of some kind - draped across a Grey topshell (Steromphala cineraria) and some Keelworm (Pomatoceros lamarcki) casings. I think it belongs to a nudibranch or sea-snail of some kind - any ID suggestions welcome 👍 County Clare, Ireland.

By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella) Surface dwellers on the open ocean, this individual has been pushed up onto our shores by recent Southerly winds. County Clare, Ireland.

What is she thinking about 🤔

🔊 The sea, gently washing in and out through the arch at the back of Gola island. County Donegal, Ireland.

A male Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) on a stone wall perch. A non-native species, introduced for hunting, but now found throughout the country. County Clare, Ireland.

A Nothern Gannet (Morus bassanus) beak. The largest seabird found in Irish waters. County Clare, Ireland.

🔊 Water flowing through the woods. County Clare, Ireland.

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

An Angel wing shell - from a Common Piddock (Pholas dactylus). These are types of borrowing bivalves that bore protective tubes into soft rock types like shale and limestone. They also apparently glow in the dark!! County Clare, Ireland.

A horse/donkey or cow tooth 🤔 Tumbled and worn down on an Atlantic stormbeach. County Clare, Ireland.

A cluster of Cuttlefish bones. While we do have Cuttlefish in Irish waters, most of these have floated here from further South in the Atlantic. County Clare, Ireland.

Not sure what kind of fossil I'm looking at here 🤔 Any ideas?? County Clare, Ireland.

Gina (my "mid-life crisis donkey"), trimming the grass out front. County Clare, Ireland.

A By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella velella) skeleton. Although it looks and feels like plastic, these are the organic remains of a colonial hydroid called a By-the-Wind Sailor. The ringed part is a floating base, and the clear fin acts as a sail, allowing winds to propel them across

A piece of sea pottery - likely washed out onto the shoreline by a nearby river. County Clare, Ireland.

The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.