Merryn Thomas / Man taking a photograph of Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, Swansea, Wales. January 2013. Model released.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) in flower, near Swansea, South Wales, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Lesser burdock (Arctium minus) with red stems and purple tinged spiny bracts on the flowerheads, about to flower in rough grassland near the coast, Gower Penisula, Wales, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Yellow boring sponge (Cliona celata) on limestone rocks exposed on a low spring tide, Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Egg masses of Common whelk (Buccinum undatum) washed up on high water mark alongside dried out Bladder wrack fronds (Fucus vesiculosus), Rhossili, The Gower peninsula, Wales, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Female Common spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) standing on a boulder in a rockpool low on the shore, Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Female Common spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) well camouflaged in a rockpool among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis), Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Recenty settled young Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) alongside barnacle encrusted adults on rocks exposed on a rocky shore at low tide, Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Aggregation of Netted dog whelks (Nassarius reticulatus) scavenging on rocks just below the low water tideline, Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Dog whelks (Nucella lapillus) and clusters of their eggs attached to a rock exposed at low tide, Rhossili, The Gower peninsula, Wales, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Male Common spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) in defensive posture exposed on rocky shore on a very low spring tide, Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
