Wednesday 25 November 2020

Goose Barnacles


 

A lovely walk in the sunshine at Freshwater  West this morning. At the back of the beach I came across this tree stump covered in Goose Barnacles which I have never seen before.

Before it was realised that birds migrate it was thought that Barnacle Geese developed from this crustacean, since they were never seen to nest in southern Europe, hence the names  "goose barnacle", "barnacle goose”. 


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