This is just about my favouritest place to visit in Norfolk! This time tidal conditions were favourable and I made it all the way across the saltmarsh to the beach proper, which had lots of cockle shells.
I nature journalled the layout of the tidal zone and one of the semicircular channels at Holkham gap and drew some of cockle shells, which is a surprisingly versatile and interesting marine sealife species.
Cockle
A marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cocklers.
Are filter feeders.
Tolerate a wide range of salinity (euryhaline) and temperature (eurythermic) which help to explain its very extensive range.
Distributed from Iceland down to the coast of west Africa.
It has a lifespan of 5 to 6 years, but it is subject to predation from crabs, flounder and Oystercatchers.
Other Sightings
- Atlantic Jacknife Clam
- Pod Razor
- Common Otter Shell Oyster, Ostra edulis
- Sea Lavender
- Biting Stonecrop
- Oyster Catchers
- Black-headed Gulls
- Swallow
- Sand Martin
- Meadow Pipit?
