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....Sunday 28 June 2009. Lancing & Worthing beach 9.30am - 12noon. ((Scroll down for the pic's))
I got up early for a nice walk and a spot of rock pooling on Worthing beach at 9.30am. I walked from the Half Brick Pub to Worthing Pier and found some stunning creatures.
On my 1st walk, I saw some 60+ Snakelock Anemones , about 20 common brown hermit crabs, loads of squat lobsters, shrimps, porcelain crabs, loads of edible crabs, shore crabs, European green crabs, the usual suspects.
To my great surprise I found one stunning brown Pipe Fish just before Worthing Pier, I was so pleased and then just close by I found a very unusual white or albino edible crab. Never seen one before, but he or she was stunning.
I also came across a rather strange looking slug / worm type of thing and a very strange spiky thing, I though it might be an Urchin, the spikes are hard and they do not pull back like a anemone, but they did move from side to side as I touched them. So not to sure. If anyone can ID the spiky creature for me, please do. See the Pic’s below.
After my Worthing beach trip I wandered to the old pipe line on Lancing beach, again saw some stunning stuff, a huge Place Fish just under the pipe, he then swam out and a shore crab came to inspect him and he dashed off. I saw loads of little blue fish in huge schools, at least 50+ European green and shore crabs walking about on the sea bed. The water deep in the pipes was at least 1.5 meters deep, but crystal clear! I also found quite a lot of cuttle fish eggs.
All in all, a stunning day, just loved it. Please see the pic’s below and ID the ones I can not if you can. E-Mail me to: Jason@uk-rpc.org
Worthing Beach, this Arrow Head Crab:
Worthing Beach - Brown Pipe Fish:
Worthing Beach - White / Albino Edible Crab :
Worthing Beach - Strange Slug: ((PLEASE ID for me))
Worthing Beach - The Strance spikey thing, ((PLEASE ID for me))
Lancing Beach, the old pipe line - Closed Beadlet Anemones:
Lancing Beach, the old pipe line - Some of them Blue fish:
Lancing Beach, the old pipe line - Cuttle Fish eggs:
Lancing Beach, the old pipe line - Place:
Lancing Beach, the old pipe line - Some big silver fish ((Please ID for me) This fish was big, at least 2ft long.
Thank you, Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. www.uk-rpc.org