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  1. Solitary Rugose Coral fossils - remains of the tropical seabed that once covered this area over 300 million years ago.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #coral #rugosecoral #Ireland

  2. Sea spray being pushed over the Cliffs into the fields on top, as the waterfall, to the left, returns it to the sea.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #waterfall #seaspray #Ireland

  3. Sound on 🔊
    The sound of gentle swells pouring over rocks on the incoming tide.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #seasounds #Ireland

  4. Poulnabrone dolmen casting shadows under the late Autumn sun. Built between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago by some of our earliest farming people.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #Wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #dolmen #Ireland

  5. A fossilized Bryozoan sea mat from over 300 million years ago and a couple of ones I found growing on some seaweed a few weeks back. Relatively unchanged after all that time!!
    County Donegal, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #bryozoan #biodiversity #marinelife #Ireland

  6. Goniatite fossils - Ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus that swam in the warm seas that covered this area over 300 million years ago.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #goniatite #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark #atlanticgeoparks #Ireland

  7. Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) washed up on the beach. One of Ireland’s smallest shark species.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #marinelife #biodiversity #lesserspotteddogfish #shark #Ireland

  8. Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) washed up on the beach. One of Ireland’s smallest shark species.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #marinelife #biodiversity #lesserspotteddogfish #shark #Ireland

  9. A baby seal on the slipway at Teelin pier, awaiting it's mother's return. Sliabh Liag looming in the background.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #marinelife #biodiversity #seal #sliabhliag #slieveleague #sliabhliagcliffs #ireland

  10. The variety of size and orientation of these Goniatite fossils makes them look like celestial bodies suspended in the darkness of space.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #goniatite #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark #atlanticgeoparks #Ireland

  11. Common Puffballs (Lycoperdon perlatum) on the forest floor. While I enjoyed kicking them as a child, to see them eject their spores, I didn't know just how pretty they looked up close 😍
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #biodiversity #mushrooms #Fungi #puffball #Ireland

  12. Small fossilized Brachiopod shells. The remains of these shellfish are scattered throughout the limestone rocks of the Burren.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #Brachiopod #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark #atlanticgeoparks #Ireland

  13. Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea) mushrooms in abundance on the forest floor and on tree trunks this Autumn.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #biodiversity #mushrooms #Fungus #honeyfungus #Ireland

  14. Gina and her carer/carrot bearer heading out for a wee walk. Fiadh is up ahead keeping watch.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #donkeylife #countryroads #Ireland

  15. Gina and her carer/carrot bearer heading out for a wee walk. Fiadh is up ahead keeping watch.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #donkeylife #countryroads #Ireland

  16. Gina and her carer/carrot bearer heading out for a wee walk. Fiadh is up ahead keeping watch.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #donkeylife #countryroads #Ireland

  17. Gina and her carer/carrot bearer heading out for a wee walk. Fiadh is up ahead keeping watch.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #donkeylife #countryroads #Ireland

  18. Gina and her carer/carrot bearer heading out for a wee walk. Fiadh is up ahead keeping watch.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #donkeylife #countryroads #Ireland

  19. A limestone rock that has been tunneled through by marine bivalves called Wrinkled Rock-borers (Hiatella arctica). These shellfish bore protective burrows in particular rock substrates, in which they live their lives, safe from predators.
    County Donegal, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #marinelife #biodiversity #wrinkledrockborer #Ireland

  20. An eroded Septarian nodule with some Goniatite fossil inclusions.
    It looks almost like a deflated ball 🤔
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #septariannodule #geology #Ireland

  21. A Sea-urchin shell, found in a low tide rockpool.

    Cleaned of the spines and tube-feet that covered it when it was living, you can see the beautiful details and symmetry of its shell.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #marinelife #biodiversity #seaurchin #Ireland

  22. Fossilized Communal Coral running through this limestone pebble - evidence of the tropical seabed that once covered this area.
    County Clare, Ireland.

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    #wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #coral #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark #atlanticgeoparks #Ireland