These Periwinkles and Dogwinkles (also called Dog Whelks) were hard to see in the last video post so here you can take a closer look!

Here are examples of the beautiful Northern Moon Snail shells. I picked up a lot of partial shells - mostly the top half so that I can use them in crafts. It is a good idea to leave some whole Moon Snails on the beach for Hermit Crabs. They need a home too!

In the last video from Hampton Beach - I had these shells in an Altoid case for protection. It is hard to get a good look at them in the video so I photographed them here so you can see them "up close". These False Angels Wings are small - the larger one being an inch and a half.

This is a Ribbed Pod - also called the Atlantic Razor Clam. These shells are delicate and break easily as you can see from one side of the bivalve. The Ribbed Pod is 2 and half inches long. Blue Mussels are on the right. They typically have stronger shells and can be kept in your beach pail or a pocket!

At last! I was able to make it back to the seashore and I'm so happy that I did! We went to Hampton Beach, N.H. and found lots of shells. It was a wonderful sunny day! We found blue mussels, atlantic jackknife clams (also called common razor clams), surf clams, black hard shell clams (false quahogs), periwinkles, dogwinkles, northern moon snails, ribbed pods, and a false angel wing! Here is the video we shot:

On Saturday, December 28th, the temperatures were up around 42 degrees fahrenheit - a great time to head to the shore to do some exploring! We drove out to Long Beach in Plymouth, Massachusetts and walked along it’s lengthy shore. It turned out to be a great day for finding all sorts of shells. There were so many Northern Moon Snails that I actually stopped picking them up! We found three whole sand dollars - two large and one very tiny one. So sweet.
There were ginormous surf clams, mussels, periwinkles, slipper shells, etc. I will post a photo so you can see for yourself : ) So don’t wait for summer to explore the shore - winter is a great time to find shells and enjoy the relative quiet of the beach. It was a great day and I look forward to going back to explore Long Beach again!