On the beach this month I found a small, brown egg. I picked it up, gave it a squeeze between my finger and thumb and was surprised to find that it was soft. It felt like a squash ball. I had a flick through my shore guide ...
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Branching Out
In June I decided to expand my horizons a little and plants seemed like the obvious first step in my voyage out of the water: I had been based in a museum botany department for five months at this point and was beginning to ...
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Marine Worms in Millport
I spent last week on the Marine Biological Sampling course at FSC Millport. One of my objectives this year is to develop a specialism in polychaete identification and this trip was a great opportunity to collect some worms ...
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