Mumbles Sea Life

Some details from Tom's walk earlier in the week....Mumbles point and the adjoining Bracelet Bay is mainly rocky, with water beaten limestone. This makes for an interesting inter-tidal environment with interesting sea life.

Bracelet Bay. 

Sabillaria.

Starfish, prawns, cowrie, sea mat, porcelain crab, and butterfish.

The highlight of the trip was the crabs. The most commonly found was the broad-clawed porcelain crab, followed by edible (brown) crab and then hermit and shore crabs. Also found was a single velvet swimmer and sea toad sp.

Velvet swimmer, sea toad sp. and hermit crabs.

Young edible crab and porcelain crab.

Portrait of a porcelain crab (and brittle-star).

Portrait of porcelain crab and hermit crab.

 Late in the season, the majority of the kittiwakes have left their breeding ledges on Mumbles pier, leaving just one or two juveniles.

Juvenile kittiwakes.