A campsite where sunsets have a peaceful English Channel backdrop.
Karrageen Caravan and Camping Park is five minutes from Hope Cove, with coastal walks, beaches and #Salcombe all within easy reach.
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Wonder if these #brownalgae at Mill Bay #Salcombe #Devon are Dulse (Palmaria palmata) & Pepper Dulse (Osmundea pinnatifida), with the #redalgae Worm Weed (Dumontia contorta).
Also the marine #lichen (Lichina pygmaea). #algae #lichens #seaweed #phycologyfriday #seaweeds #alga #marinelife #sealife

Some fine Mermaid's Tresses (Chorda filum) & Thongweed (Himanthalia elongata) at Mill Bay #Salcombe #Devon, also Halopteris scoparia & unfortunately the alien #invasivespecies Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum). #algae #PhycologyFriday #brownmacraalgae #marinelife #seaweed #sealife #brownalgae

Besides the common Saw Wrack (Fucus serratus) at Mill Bay #Salcombe #Devon, other brown #algae included Knotted Wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum), Oarweed (Laminaria digitata) & Furbelows (Saccorhiza polyschides). #wrack #fucus #seaweed #phycology #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife #brownalgae #Phaeophyceae

Nice lot of gastropods at Mill Bay #Salcombe #Devon: Common (Littorina littorea) & smaller, higher shore Rough periwinkle (L. saxatilis), Purple Topshell (Steromphala umbilicalis) & Atlantic Dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus), predator of periwinkles, barnacles & mussels. #MolluscMonday #marinelife

Besides European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) at Mill Bay #Salcombe #Devon, plenty of barnacles; maybe Montagu's Stellate (Chthamalus montagui), Beaked (Austrominius modestus, with Dogwhelk) & Perforated barnacle (Perforatus perforates, like volcano)? #crab #crustacean #barnacle #marinelife #sealife

The most obliging #fish at Mill Bay #Salcombe is the Shanny (Lipophrys pholis). See how the colour differs of the one on sand compared to those on rocks. Basically they're chameleons; as they settle into a new environment, hormonal & visual feedback systems adjust the pigments to blend in. #blenny

We actually went to Mill Bay #Salcombe to look for sea horses in the Eelgrass (Zostera marina) but it was too deep & visibility not great. Did see a distant Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) as well as some Sand Smelt (Atherina presbyter) & lots Lesser Sand Lance (Ammodytes tobianus) #sandeels #fish

At #Salcombe in June, also a wealth of "true" jellyfish (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Scyphozoa), especially the lovely Blue Jelly (Cyanea lamarckii), but the natty Compass Jellies (Chrysaora hysoscella) were also common. Less so Common Moon (Aurelia aurita) & Lion's Mane jellyies (Cyanea capillata). 🕷️

Besides a Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi), here's a Common Northern Comb Jelly (Bolinopsis infundibulum). This fragile being phosphoresces at night & the larger individuals can be found as deep as 1km. The sea at Mill Bay #Salcombe #Devon on 25 June was 18°C, air 24. #ctenophore #ctenophores #invert

Also at Mill Bay #Salcombe was the much less flamboyant #ctenophore, the alien #invasivespecies, Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi) native to US East Coast & 1st recorded in UK at The Wash in 2014, arriving in Europe via ballast water in Black Sea. Voracious predator of zooplankton, fish eggs & larvae.

Our run of luck on #CombJellies #Ctenophores in #Devon began on 25 June at Mill Bay #Salcombe with wondrous Northern Comb Jelly (Beroe cucumis). The magical rainbow disco ball effect is structural iridescence caused by the beating of cilia, forming the 8 "comb" rows down its body, to swim it along.🧵