Wet Birsay!

We had great fun at Birsay on Thursday 26th May. Anne Bignall talked to about the coast and we looked at how this shoreline is different from the one at Cara.
We learned how to look properly in rock pools and take care of the creatures we found by leaving their habitat as we found it. We made sure we put all the creatures back in the pools and were careful when we lifted the stones to find them. We didn't want to damage them as we replaced the stones!
We found different types of starfish, butterfish, a scorpion fish, lots of crabs and many other creatures.




These rocks have patterns of leaves on them and we wondered if they were fossilised.

Different types of starfish and a strange stone!

This one had strange holes in it. I wonder how they were made?

What type of worm could this be?

A shore crab and an edible crab (parton).   We had to be really careful catching them as a nip can be quite sore!

This was the biggest starfish we found and everyone loved the purple one!

We didn't mind the rain as we all got wet anyway! Some of us fell in the pools (it was slippery!) and some people's boots were too short!

Thank goodness for spare clothes and an understanding bus driver.

Lots of recording and identifying to do when we got back but it was an excellent trip. Many thanks to Anne Bignall for coming with us and helping us to find the best spots for rock pooling.