Tuesday, 8 October 2019

Coconut


Coconut
with traces of encrusted coral and 
goose neck barnacle shells attached
9" high

from the sea - brought in by the equinoctial gales

found at Stywick by Kirstie Bruce




It was once thought that barnacle geese were incubated in goose neck barnacle shells.... the geese would emerge fully feathered and fly away. Barnacle geese nest in secret places.