Search Results for Mumbles: from Jessica's Nature Blog

Aspects of Nature situated in or near Mumbles

On the beach near Mumbles Pier

The small town of Mumbles, which could be described as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula in South Wales, is a delightful old-fashioned seaside resort and former fishing village. It is the proud possessor of a pier and associated buildings, … Continue reading →

Mumbles Tidepool Fish

I am not very familiar with fish identification but I think that these pretty little iridescent fish are possibly Sandeels. They were swimming in a shallow rock pool left by the retreating tide on the seashore at Mumbles on the … Continue reading →

Haematite at Limeslade Bay (East)

A geological fault runs right through the limestone of Mumbles Hill near Swansea. Within this north-south fault, calcite crystals formed. Iron minerals from a former covering of Triassic strata, percolated down and filled in the spaces between the calcite crystals … Continue                     

‘Black Lias’ at Clements’ Quarry

Surprisingly, the long-term car park at Oystermouth near Mumbles on Swansea Bay is a also a good location for seeing the topmost strata of                     

Sea Sandwort colonisation & sand erosion at Rhossili

Sea Sandwort, Honckenya peploides, is a small, low-growing, fairly fleshy plant that lives on the upper beach where it forms a rapidly spreading carpet of vegetation by means of an extensive stolon system beneath the surface of the sediments.  Sea … Continue reading →

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