CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and sky, I left my shoes and socks there, I wonder if they're dry Spike Milligan...

Mid-day low tide so went rock-pooling today at Whitburn rocks, Sunderland. It's not exactly the Great Barrier Reef but you can usually f...

Two lovely examples of iridescent colours  seen today.......... ... the subtle pink and green highlights in the mother-of-pearl layer o...

Today's Guardian Country Diary is an account of a little experiment in providing a new home for a hermit crab, which I've conducte...