These fossilized Goniatite shells look like rock hieroglyphs that someone has etched in the stone.
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Fossilized Crinoid stems and segments. Relatives of Starfish and Sea Urchins, this extinct species of Crinoid once covered the ocean floor in this area. We can find its fossilized remains scattered throughout the rocks in the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Geopark.
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Wonderful.
They are in full bloom here at the #wildatlanticway , too.
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) clocks starting to show up on roadside verges.
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Galaxies spiraling through a star speckled sky.
Goniatite fossils of varying sizes in a sea smoothed stone.
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Saint Patrick's Cabbage (Saxifraga spathularis) is a Saxifrage species found in Spain, Portugal and Ireland!! A member of a small group of plants called "Lusitanian flora) that are found in these countries but not in England, Wales or Scotland.
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A small concretion that has eroded out of the sedimentary rock layers here on the shore. It possibly has a fossil inside, but I like it too much to break it open 
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An almost perfectly circular Septarian nodule. Looking like lightening trapped in a pebble, these are actually fossilized mud bubbles.
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Look who was back on the Cliffs of Moher yesterday?
Always great to see the Puffins (Fratercula arctica) return to their breeding colonies for the season. Hopefully they have a good one 
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Fiadh at the Cliffs of Moher enjoying the bright Spring spell we've been having.
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A seaweed explosion in a lowtide rockpool.
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A Rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum).
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A Granite ball - likely dropped here by glaciers at the end of the last iceage over 15,000 years ago and shaped by Atlantic waves since then.
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Low sun and light showers making rainbows 
while Fiadh and myself stick to the shadows.
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Banded Wedge shell (Donax vittatus) or Bean clams. Pretty little bivalves that range from yellow to purple in colour. A favourite food for seabirds along the waters edge.
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Common Frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles developing in bog and quarry pools all over the place at the moment. If you look closely you can see a few that still have their external gills showing.
Wee cuties
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A green Epidote pebble.
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A live Sea potato/Heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) with its spines (hairs) all intact, including its Mohawk!! 
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Nearly finished planning a couple of weeks cycle touring in Ireland. Really looking forward to the trip. Leave is booked for the last two weeks in May. I was lucky at this time last year with sunshine and blue skies pretty much everyday riding from Kent to Orkney via Cape Wrath. Whatever the weather it's going to be an adventure.
If you have any recommendations or tips to share about the route please do.