"Clews made of sand" at Grattan Beach

msoderi · 2021-09-04 15:29:01

Hi everyone, Last week I went for a bath to Grattan Beach, Salthill, that is great though, and what I saw on the foreshore is a number of "clews", some small, others bigger, brown-coloured. At first glance, they seem to be earthworms, or residues of fishing nets covered by some wet sand, but they are not, they are fully…

04-09-2021 04:29PM

#1

msoderi

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭

Join Date: September 2021

Posts: 2

Hi everyone,
Last week I went for a bath to Grattan Beach, Salthill, that is great though, and what I saw on the foreshore is a number of "clews", some small, others bigger, brown-coloured.
At first glance, they seem to be earthworms, or residues of fishing nets covered by some wet sand, but they are not, they are fully made of sand, so I got curious and decided to ask.
How are they formed? Anyone here knows?
Thank you!
M.

0

Comments

#2 04-09-2021 04:35PM

Atlantic Dawn

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭

GDY151

Join Date: January 2010

Posts: 86169

Lugworm perhaps...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugworm

3
#3 11-09-2021 08:47AM

jkforde

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2007

Posts: 1793

op, what's a clew? genuinely curious

1
#4 12-09-2021 07:52AM

[Deleted User]
Posts: 188 ✭✭

Join Date: -

Posts: 180

Nothing like a 'word of the day' ... https://www.thefreedictionary.com/clew
New to me as well.

1