Marine

Spent egg case Small-spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines [stacked image]

Spent egg case Common Whelk (Buccinum undatum) Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines [stacked image]

Red Alga, seaweed (Polysiphonia lanosa) on Knotted Wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum), Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines

Beadlet Anemone (Actina equina), Balchladich. Photo D.Haines

Beadlet Anemone (Actina equina) in mussel shell Port Alltan na Bradhan. Photo D.Haines

Dahlia Anemone (Urticina felina), Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines

Dahlia Anemone (Urticina felina) Loch Dhrombaig. Photo D.Haines

Snakelocks Anemone (Anemonia viridis) Loch Dhrombaig. Photo D.Haines

Acorn Barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines

Acorn Barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides), young wrack seaweed (poss. Fucus serratus) Loch Dhrombaig. Photo D.Haines

Barnacle (Chthamalus montagui) Balchladich. Photo D.Haines

Buoy Barnacle (Dosima fascicularis), Stoer beach. Photo C.Leeson

Buoy Barnacle (Dosima fascicularis), Stoer beach. Photo C.Leeson

Buoy Barnacle (Dosima fascicularis), Stoer beach. Photo C.Leeson

Goose Barnacles attached to washed-up barrel Stoer beach. Photo H.Lockhart

Goose Barnacles (Lepas anatifera) on driftwood Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines

Rough goose barnacles (Lepas pectinata) attached to plastic bottle, Bay of Stoer. Photo D.Haines

Irish Moss or Carrageen (Chondrus crispus) Loch Dhrombaig. Photo D.Haines

Common Hermit Crab (Eupagurus bernhardus) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines

Hermit Crab - in whelk? covered by hydroid, (very prob. Hydractinia echinata), which 'forms a horny mat on shells occupied by hermit crabs'; see individual polyps around edge. Culkein Drumbeg. Photo Pam van de Brug

Great Spider Crab or Sea Toad (Hyas araneus) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D.Haines

European Cowrie (Trivia monacha) Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines

Common Bobtail cuttlefish (Sepietta oweniana) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D.Haines

Barrel Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) Clashnessie. Photo C.Langford

Barrel Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo), Balchladich. Photo Theo Stamford-Parrish

Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) Port Alltan na Bradhan. Photo D.Haines

Bluefire jellyfish (Cyanea lamarkii), Stoer. Photo CAD Leeson

Bluefire Jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) Port Alltan na Bradhan. Photo D.Haines

Blue jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) Achmelvich Bay. Photo J.Barbour

Lion's-mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), Stoer. Photo CAD Leeson

Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines

Possibly Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) Port Alltan na Bradhan. Photo D.Haines

Four-radiate moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) Port Alltan na Bradhan. Photo D.Haines

Six-radiate moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) Bay of Stoer. Photo I.Evans

Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D.Haines

Blue-rayed Limpet (Patina pellucida), Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines

Red Seaweed (Lomentaria articulata) from Bay of Culkein under microscope. Photo I.Evans

Common Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Balchladich Bay. Photo D.Haines

Rock covered with Common Mussel (Mytilus edulis), Loch Ardbhair. Photo A.Summers

Snake Pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus), Stoer Green, Photo A.Summers

Common Gull consuming Snake Pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus) Stoer. Photo D.Haines

Cuckoo Ray (Raja naevus) Achmelvich. Photo F.Logan

Egg case of Spotted Ray (Raja montagui) Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines

By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella), Stoer beach. Photo CAD Leeson

By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella), Stoer beach. Photo CAD Leeson

By-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella) Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines

By-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella) Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines

Sandeel (Ammodytes sp.) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D.Haines

Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) hauled out at Achmelvich possibly to escape bad weather. Photo L.Pearce

Sea Hare (Aplysia punctata) Achmelvich Bay. Photo Kevin A.Morris

Sea Ivory lichen (Ramalina siliquosa) Loch Ardbhair. Photo A.Summers

Sea Mat (Membranipora membranacea) on Serrated Wrack (Fucus serratus) Bay of Clachtoll. Photo D.Haines

Sea Potato (Echinocardium cordatum) washed up on Achmelvich beach. Photo D.Haines

Sea-slug egg mass, Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines

Sea Squirt (possibly Ascidia mentula) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines

Dead, stranded Edible Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines

Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus). Photo R.Glover

Egg-case of Small-spotted cat-shark (Scyliorhinus canicula) Clashnessie beach. Photo I.Evans

Brown Shrimp (Crangon crangon) Clashnessie. Photo D.Haines

Common Skate (Dipturus intermedius), pencil 15cm, near Raffin. Photo D.Haines

Common Skate (Dipturus intermedius) near Raffin. Photo I.Evans

Recently dead Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius) Kylesku harbour area. Photo D.Haines

Recently dead Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius) Kylesku harbour area. Photo D.Haines

Breadcrumb Sponge (Halichondria panicea) and red seaweeds (including Lomentaria articulata) Balchladich Bay. Photo D.Haines

Green Sponge Fingers (Codium fragile) Loch Dhrombaig. Photo D.Haines

Sand Star (Astropecten irregularis) found in the sand at Achmelvich beach. Photo anon

Common Starfish (Asterias rubens) Clashnessie Bay. Photo D.Haines

Skeleton of a Fifteen-spined Stickleback (Spinachia spinachia) found on Clashnessie beach by A.Nicoll, Nedd. Photo D.Haines

Grey Topshell (Gibbula cineraria) on blade of kelp Loch Dhrombaig. Photo D.Haines

Dead Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) caught in creel ropes. Photo A.Summers

Dead Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) caught in creel ropes. Photo A.Summers

Spiral tube worm (Spirorbis spirorbis) on Cuvie frond Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines

Common whelk (Buccinum undatum), with its black and white siphon sticking out; that is how it feeds on carrion etc. Culkein Drumbeg. Photo Pam van de Brug

Dog Whelk capsules (Nucella lapillus) Bay of Culkein. Photo D.Haines

Dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus) and egg capsules; also Breadcrumb Sponge (Halichondria panicea) Balchladich. Photo D.Haines

Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus) on barnacles Achmelvich. Photo D.Haines

Knotted Wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo Pam van de Brug

Knotted Wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum) with main bladder and many side-branched reproductive bodies, Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines

Knotted Wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum) off Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D.Haines

Rock pool life Achmelvich. Photo R.Becker

Oldany estuary showing seasonal abundance of tiny olive seaweed (Fucus muscoides). Photo I.Evans