| | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
1
|
2
| |
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
| |
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
| |
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
| |
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|  » Stats |
Members: 50,176
Threads: 82,393
Posts: 853,585
Top Poster: glsammy (15,069)
| | Welcome to our newest member, Songbirdsteve | |  | | 
13-07-2007, 11:20 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 3,689
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
Cant believe this thread / thing has returned ! what the hell was it in the end? |
15-07-2007, 12:54 AM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edge of the New Forest, Hampshire
Posts: 5,208
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Salter  Cant believe this thread / thing has returned ! what the hell was it in the end? | More to the point, you've finally got an avatar.......but what ther hell is it???  |
16-07-2007, 12:43 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 3,689
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
What that is....is finally finding the avatar adding button ( i guess it moved recently) and not knowing what to put so put a pic of a bedraggled field poppy on to see if it worked. |
16-07-2007, 01:25 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Suffolk
Posts: 2,795
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
Well done re the avatar Dan 
I still have your wasp spider pic that I resized for you |
17-07-2007, 10:16 AM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 6
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
My money is on an ascidian, eg Ascidia mentula.
Mandy |
23-10-2007, 06:47 PM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southwest of England
Posts: 167
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
Just caught up with this thread!
This I reckon is one of our soft corals, Alcyonium digitatum. Commonly named Dead Man's Fingers. Out of water, a firm spongy texture, of various colours. But in water, in a "happy" state it has thousands of tiny polyps all over the surface of what is a colony of individuals.
A similar, but very different animals is the sea squirt. Easily identifyable as the sea squirt will live up to its name if given a gentle squeeze! |
31-10-2007, 11:42 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Yorkshire ( Gods Country )
Posts: 1,217
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
just seen this,,,, My thumb looked like that when it squashed under a stone slab.....
__________________
A pretty face is fine but what a farmer needs is a woman that can carry a pig under each arm |
01-11-2007, 05:49 PM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 491
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
I'd put my money on the sea squirt (ascidian or tunicate for the science-types) if it is indeed tough and rubbery. I think dead-man's fingers would be much softer and unlikely to show up during beachcombing as they are a sublittoral species and need to be underwater 24\7. As for being the inside of an urchin, it would have disintegrated into smelly, sticky goo- they don't look anything like this.
If it is a sea squirt (and you still have it) you'll be able to tell because you should be able to fill it with water and squeeze it like a water pistol (hence the name, as someone already mentioned!).
Hope this helps
Zan |
01-11-2007, 05:54 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Wales.
Posts: 217
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
Eat it! Eat it!
__________________
Stop The Slaughter Of Clay Pigeons! |
23-02-2009, 06:49 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: west midlands
Posts: 1,821
| | | Re: Beachcombing ID
Quote:
Originally Posted by bythesea We have a great site for identifying your sea glass finds call Seaglasslovers.
Please stop by and join, it is a members only site for sea glass lovers and collectors around the world with many members already in the UK.
see us at seaglasslovers - Sea Glass Lovers | hello welcome this is going of thread a little (sorry Stu ) but I didn't know there was such a group of people. I have always collected ground glass of beaches. Never thought anyone else would be interested. bookmarked the site 
__________________
'one life'... respect it, enjoy it! | | | |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
| | | 20 members and 317 guests | | alandebenham, Arjaydee, Closescapes, Deb London, Furryboy, heron09, Indian Joe, Joel.W, King Edward, nick5943, paulinemiller10, Pete Collins, rich ard, rmc, shenk1, Songbirdsteve, speyghillie, steve47, tjhavenith, waxcap | » New Wildlife Posts |  frogs Today 10:37 AM 2 Replies, 185 Views | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | » New Environment Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Activity Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Community Posts | | | Spammers! Yesterday 01:53 PM 8 Replies, 192 Views | | | | | |
