Shark eggcases. I think catsharks... I haven't checked yet.
August 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Shark eggcases. I think catsharks... I haven't checked yet.
Shark embryos of four different developmental stages, growing outside of their eggcases 🦈 🧪
July 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Shark embryos of four different developmental stages, growing outside of their eggcases 🦈 🧪
A tangle of four Mermaids purses - must have been Halloween party at the weekend 🤣
These are the eggcases of Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), one of our smallest shark species.
County Clare, Ireland.
These are the eggcases of Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), one of our smallest shark species.
County Clare, Ireland.
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A tangle of four Mermaids purses - must have been Halloween party at the weekend 🤣
These are the eggcases of Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), one of our smallest shark species.
County Clare, Ireland.
These are the eggcases of Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), one of our smallest shark species.
County Clare, Ireland.
Two nursehound shark eggcases found on Cornish beaches
May 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Two nursehound shark eggcases found on Cornish beaches
Found mermaid’s purses on the shore! Eggcases for catshark or dogfish probably 💛
January 25, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Found mermaid’s purses on the shore! Eggcases for catshark or dogfish probably 💛
👋 I’m Lauren, a marine biologist currently working on #shark & #skate populations around Scotland.
I have a canine shadow “Tattie”, she is great at finding flapper skate eggcases along the shoreline! Concurrently i am a project manager for a non-profit with a focus on marine litter
#SciComm
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I have a canine shadow “Tattie”, she is great at finding flapper skate eggcases along the shoreline! Concurrently i am a project manager for a non-profit with a focus on marine litter
#SciComm
🦑 🧪
November 8, 2024 at 6:14 PM
👀 I was up in Peterhead (Ugie Estuary) last Thursday for work. Several Flapper Skate empty eggcases and a Fairy Liquid bottle that is at least 54 years old!!!
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#flapperskate
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#flapperskate
February 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
👀 I was up in Peterhead (Ugie Estuary) last Thursday for work. Several Flapper Skate empty eggcases and a Fairy Liquid bottle that is at least 54 years old!!!
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#flapperskate
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#flapperskate
DId you know that marine biologists around the world get their baskets delivered by the Easter Rabbit Fish? They also hunt for eggcases. #HappyEaster
April 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
DId you know that marine biologists around the world get their baskets delivered by the Easter Rabbit Fish? They also hunt for eggcases. #HappyEaster
On this episode of #WoS, we are joined by Cat Gordon, Senior Conservation Officer for thesharktrust as we go on a slightly different easter egg hunt - in search of shark eggcases!
Listen on World of Sharks, or wherever you get your podcasts.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Listen on World of Sharks, or wherever you get your podcasts.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
April 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
On this episode of #WoS, we are joined by Cat Gordon, Senior Conservation Officer for thesharktrust as we go on a slightly different easter egg hunt - in search of shark eggcases!
Listen on World of Sharks, or wherever you get your podcasts.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Listen on World of Sharks, or wherever you get your podcasts.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
just to clarify *empty eggcases !
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
just to clarify *empty eggcases !
🌊 Thank you to the organisers and year 2 students taking the Marine Environments course at SRUC for inviting me along to give a guest lecture today!
#marinepollution #litter #environment #flapperskate #eggcases
#marinepollution #litter #environment #flapperskate #eggcases
April 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
🌊 Thank you to the organisers and year 2 students taking the Marine Environments course at SRUC for inviting me along to give a guest lecture today!
#marinepollution #litter #environment #flapperskate #eggcases
#marinepollution #litter #environment #flapperskate #eggcases
Harriet Allen at #EEA2025
The great egg case hunt is a citizen science program where people find and report shark eggs on beaches.
54% of nursehound shark egg cases people found hatched.
The great egg case hunt is a citizen science program where people find and report shark eggs on beaches.
54% of nursehound shark egg cases people found hatched.
Great Eggcase Hunt
Want to help shark and ray conservation? Take part in the Shark Trust Great Eggcase Hunt. Find and record eggcases that have washed up on the beach. Eggcase hunting is great fun for all ages!
www.sharktrust.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Harriet Allen at #EEA2025
The great egg case hunt is a citizen science program where people find and report shark eggs on beaches.
54% of nursehound shark egg cases people found hatched.
The great egg case hunt is a citizen science program where people find and report shark eggs on beaches.
54% of nursehound shark egg cases people found hatched.
👋 I’m Lauren, a marine biologist currently working on #shark & #skate populations around Scotland.
I have a canine shadow “Tattie”, she is great at finding flapper skate eggcases along the shoreline! Concurrently i am a project manager for a non-profit with a focus on marine litter.
I have a canine shadow “Tattie”, she is great at finding flapper skate eggcases along the shoreline! Concurrently i am a project manager for a non-profit with a focus on marine litter.
November 25, 2023 at 10:13 PM
Can you match shark & ray eggcases to their owners? 🦈🥚
Share your guess in the comments! Answers there too!
Learn more in our FREE webinar with Cat Gordon (The Shark Trust) on the Great Eggcase Hunt 🌊
Date: 9th October
🦈 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1507805790...
Share your guess in the comments! Answers there too!
Learn more in our FREE webinar with Cat Gordon (The Shark Trust) on the Great Eggcase Hunt 🌊
Date: 9th October
🦈 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1507805790...
September 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Can you match shark & ray eggcases to their owners? 🦈🥚
Share your guess in the comments! Answers there too!
Learn more in our FREE webinar with Cat Gordon (The Shark Trust) on the Great Eggcase Hunt 🌊
Date: 9th October
🦈 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1507805790...
Share your guess in the comments! Answers there too!
Learn more in our FREE webinar with Cat Gordon (The Shark Trust) on the Great Eggcase Hunt 🌊
Date: 9th October
🦈 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1507805790...
🦈 Packing a bag for the #EEA2025 (European Elasmobranch Association) conference, including some #flapperskate eggcases for an exhibition at the Rotterdam Oceanium!
🚨 Will i get quizzed going through airport security?? Place your bets now! 😆
@markdeboer.bsky.social
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
🚨 Will i get quizzed going through airport security?? Place your bets now! 😆
@markdeboer.bsky.social
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🦈 Packing a bag for the #EEA2025 (European Elasmobranch Association) conference, including some #flapperskate eggcases for an exhibition at the Rotterdam Oceanium!
🚨 Will i get quizzed going through airport security?? Place your bets now! 😆
@markdeboer.bsky.social
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
🚨 Will i get quizzed going through airport security?? Place your bets now! 😆
@markdeboer.bsky.social
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Skate and shark eggcases from Snettisham beach ready to log with the Shark Trust. Takes me up to 26,000 records over 10 years.
January 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Skate and shark eggcases from Snettisham beach ready to log with the Shark Trust. Takes me up to 26,000 records over 10 years.
#SundayScience | Shark Eggcases 🦈
Explore the Great Eggcase Hunt with Cat Gordon in this talk. 🌍 🧪
Learn how you can identify shark & skate eggcases, track discoveries, and get involved in protecting these amazing species.
▶️ youtu.be/0CI6q5FH0II
Talk funded by @britishecologicalsociety.org
Explore the Great Eggcase Hunt with Cat Gordon in this talk. 🌍 🧪
Learn how you can identify shark & skate eggcases, track discoveries, and get involved in protecting these amazing species.
▶️ youtu.be/0CI6q5FH0II
Talk funded by @britishecologicalsociety.org
From Strandline to Science: The Journey of a Shark Eggcase
YouTube video by Biological Recording Company
youtu.be
February 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM
#SundayScience | Shark Eggcases 🦈
Explore the Great Eggcase Hunt with Cat Gordon in this talk. 🌍 🧪
Learn how you can identify shark & skate eggcases, track discoveries, and get involved in protecting these amazing species.
▶️ youtu.be/0CI6q5FH0II
Talk funded by @britishecologicalsociety.org
Explore the Great Eggcase Hunt with Cat Gordon in this talk. 🌍 🧪
Learn how you can identify shark & skate eggcases, track discoveries, and get involved in protecting these amazing species.
▶️ youtu.be/0CI6q5FH0II
Talk funded by @britishecologicalsociety.org
I love bullhead shark eggcases
July 7, 2023 at 7:41 PM
I love bullhead shark eggcases
The Shark Trust is a great source of information on eggcases/mermaids' purses www.sharktrust.org/Handlers/Dow...
March 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The Shark Trust is a great source of information on eggcases/mermaids' purses www.sharktrust.org/Handlers/Dow...
Fancy yourself a bit of a treasure hunter? 🏴☠️
From dogwhelk eggs to shark eggcases, the beach at Biggar Bank is full of all sorts of coastal curiosities. Prizes available for anyone who gets a line or a full house 🏆
This event is FREE! Find out more 👇
https://buff.ly/3D2dcRo
From dogwhelk eggs to shark eggcases, the beach at Biggar Bank is full of all sorts of coastal curiosities. Prizes available for anyone who gets a line or a full house 🏆
This event is FREE! Find out more 👇
https://buff.ly/3D2dcRo
February 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Fancy yourself a bit of a treasure hunter? 🏴☠️
From dogwhelk eggs to shark eggcases, the beach at Biggar Bank is full of all sorts of coastal curiosities. Prizes available for anyone who gets a line or a full house 🏆
This event is FREE! Find out more 👇
https://buff.ly/3D2dcRo
From dogwhelk eggs to shark eggcases, the beach at Biggar Bank is full of all sorts of coastal curiosities. Prizes available for anyone who gets a line or a full house 🏆
This event is FREE! Find out more 👇
https://buff.ly/3D2dcRo
Excellent 😂 as it was these eggcases didn’t get any attention…. Slightly disappointed if i’m honest! On the plus side, plenty of interest in them during the lunch break here 🙌
October 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Excellent 😂 as it was these eggcases didn’t get any attention…. Slightly disappointed if i’m honest! On the plus side, plenty of interest in them during the lunch break here 🙌
🦈 Eggcase Hunt at Kimmeridge Bay 🦈
Join us on Sunday 12 July for a shoreline adventure searching for shark, skate and ray eggcases (aka “mermaids’ purses”).
A brilliant way to explore the seashore and discover the hidden life of Dorset’s coast.
Book your place now: https://bit.ly/44EDZ0p
Join us on Sunday 12 July for a shoreline adventure searching for shark, skate and ray eggcases (aka “mermaids’ purses”).
A brilliant way to explore the seashore and discover the hidden life of Dorset’s coast.
Book your place now: https://bit.ly/44EDZ0p
Eggcase Hunt at Kimmeridge | Dorset Wildlife Trust
What does a mermaid keep in her purse? Find out as we hunt for empty eggcases on the seashore at Kimmeridge.
www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
July 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🦈 Eggcase Hunt at Kimmeridge Bay 🦈
Join us on Sunday 12 July for a shoreline adventure searching for shark, skate and ray eggcases (aka “mermaids’ purses”).
A brilliant way to explore the seashore and discover the hidden life of Dorset’s coast.
Book your place now: https://bit.ly/44EDZ0p
Join us on Sunday 12 July for a shoreline adventure searching for shark, skate and ray eggcases (aka “mermaids’ purses”).
A brilliant way to explore the seashore and discover the hidden life of Dorset’s coast.
Book your place now: https://bit.ly/44EDZ0p
Wow thanks, learned something new today didn't know about eggcases.
March 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Wow thanks, learned something new today didn't know about eggcases.
Shark and skate eggcases. Empty. Logged with the Shark Trust.
November 17, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Shark and skate eggcases. Empty. Logged with the Shark Trust.
Marine Dimensions: Purse Search Ireland marinedimensions.ie/reporting-me... Report your sightings of Mermaid's Purses from Irish beaches - eggcases of baby sharks, rays and skates 🦈🌊 marinedimensions.ie/what-is-a-me... #CitizenScience #Beach #Sharks #MermaidsPurse @marinedimensions.bsky.social
Reporting your Mermaid's Purse Sightings - Marine Dimensions
If you have found a mermaid’s purse in Ireland, we would be grateful if you could complete the online recording form, including a photograph if possible with some indication of the size of the eggcase...
marinedimensions.ie
May 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Marine Dimensions: Purse Search Ireland marinedimensions.ie/reporting-me... Report your sightings of Mermaid's Purses from Irish beaches - eggcases of baby sharks, rays and skates 🦈🌊 marinedimensions.ie/what-is-a-me... #CitizenScience #Beach #Sharks #MermaidsPurse @marinedimensions.bsky.social