7th February 2023, Howick, 8am
Down onto the rocky shore at low tide to mooch about.
I noticed the limpets were living in little communities.
Here & there were the marks left by limpets of the past. In some cases the ghost circles were very deeply carved into the limestone.
The limpets leave their spot every high tide and go grazing before returning to the exact same place. I guess over their lifetimes (15-16 years) they carve shapes into the rock as they settle themselves in for the low tide twice a day.
I was struck by the similarity to prehistoric hut circles in the human landscape.
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