Mudlarking 92 - tack and barnacle

[squirmelia]

It was lunchtime and low tide had just gone. I feel like I'm not finding so much at Custom House Lower Stairs now, but I did pick up some bits of Bellarmine and some green bits. I also picked up what I think is a tack. And also a barnacle! These aren't native to the Thames so perhaps it could have come from a ship?

Did you know that there is a barnacle goose but also a goose barnacle, and according to folklore, barnacle geese are born from goose barnacles?



(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)