A weekend on a Wadden Island
Had a great weekend on the island of Schiermonnikoog, one of the Wadden Islands of the Netherlands. It's a fourty minute boat ride from the mainland but you feel on a totally different place. Here a collection of all the great stuff I saw.
Secretly I was hoping to find a Goneplax rhomboides, but sightings are rare so I didn't get my hopes up. (Well, maybe I did, secretly!) I did not find one, but did see my favourite, Corystes cassivelaunus.
Interestingly there were loads of dead birds on the island. After some looking around and talking to people I found out there's a bird flu raging around the islands.
Ofcourse loads of C. maenas, Liocarcinus & some cool jellies and sea stars. My search for the G. rhomboides continues!
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Many dead geese here! This looks like a bird pelvis to me.
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Wonderful journal post, Max! I too get my hopes up in finding a specific species on a nature walk -- but, like you, I am never disappointed in all of the other stuff we see. :)
@sambiology Thank you so much for the nice compliment & reading my journal post! I used to get pretty cranky, but after years of specific crab-hunting, I learned some patience. :-) There's beauty in a lot of things outside.
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