Cornish Rock Pools

Category: Starfish, Urchins and Sea Cucumbers

  • Chilly but Fabulous – February Rockpools

    Chilly but Fabulous – February Rockpools

    I’m not cut out for rockpooling in a northerly wind in February. My hands are too frozen to hold my battered old camera steady, but nothing is going to make me miss this tide. It’s so low that the seagrass at Hannafore is high and dry and a shark is lurking in shin-deep water, but I haven’t seen that yet.

    A male Xantho incisus crab
    A male Xantho incisus crab
    A beautiful dahlia anemone (Urticina felina).
    A beautiful dahlia anemone (Urticina felina).

    There are fish, crabs, worms and brittle stars in droves (more…)

  • Where have all the Common starfish gone?

    Sometimes it’s what you don’t see.

    Common starfish
    Common starfish

    It’s been a great summer for finding starfish. All season I’ve been taking snaps of giant spiny starfish and watching brittle stars walk across the sea bed. I’ve placed cushion stars into eager palms, enjoying the giggles as children feel tickly tentacle-feet for the first time. (more…)