1 - Marine - Fauna / Flora
Common Whelk laying eggs
The egg capsules of the Common Whelk , sometimes called - fishermans soap ,
sea wash balls.
The eggs are layed over many days on a rock , each capsule contains a number of
fertile and hundreds of unfertilised eggs .
The hatched baby whelks eat the unfertilised eggs before emerging.
The sponge like mass of empty capsules is often washed ashore.
Ref: 12984
Date: 16/03/2014
Location: Monkstone Point
