Pennant’s swimming crab – 30 Days Wild (11/30)

Pennant's swimming crab, Portumnus latipes, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024
Pennant’s swimming crab, Portumnus latipes, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024

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Small carcass washed up

resting still while the tide drops

a carrion snack

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Reward

Eocene shark tooth fossil, Bracklesham Bay, March 2024
Eocene shark tooth fossil, Bracklesham Bay, March 2024

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Mindful wandering

eyes on the sand flats, reward

Eocene shark tooth

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by Scooj

Billy’s on the Beach

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Brunch with my mother

in Bracklesham Bay café

Billy’s on the Beach

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by Scooj

Beach walk

West Wittering, West Sussex, 1 January 2024
West Wittering, West Sussex, 1 January 2024

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A New Year’s Day stroll

a sense of optimism

while dogs simply play

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by Scooj

Happy dog, West Wittering, West Sussex, 1 January 2024
Happy dog, West Wittering, West Sussex, 1 January 2024

Reminiscence III

Fossil beds, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, April 2014
Fossil beds, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, April 2014

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The Bracklesham beds

a rare spring tide exposure

Eocene secrets

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by Scooj

Ancient

Yew tree, Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, Sussex, March 2023
Yew tree, Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, Sussex, March 2023

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For eight hundred years

the beating heart of England

people come and go

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by Scooj

Mindful hunting

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Anticipation

of tomorrows ebbing tide

and treasures revealed

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by Scooj

Common Toadflax

Common Toadflax, West Sussex, September 2022
Common Toadflax, West Sussex, September 2022

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Yellow, rising high

stubble encircled island

proud common toadflax

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by Scooj

2-4-6-8 Motorway

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Off to the south coast

through the English summer rain

tarmacadam spray

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by Scooj

Visiting

 

Grandmother – grandson

a special relationship

there’s no place to hide

 

by Scooj