Portobello Beach Edinburgh Day 150

The sun came back today! My blip prompted me to check out BBC Inside Out - Beachcombing and this is what it says:

Whelk egg cases on the shores may look like a lump of bubble wrap, but it's not.

This empty whelk eggcase has already hatched its eggs
The whelks lay large clumps of eggs on rocks in the sea, and some get washed up on the shores in stormy weather.

If the eggcase is grey, the whelks have already hatched. But if the eggcase has yellow colour, there might still be some whelks inside.

The yellow eggcases are normally found during the January breeding period.

One thing that can be mentioned about the baby whelks is that they are cannibalistic.

The first whelks to hatch will eat their brothers and sisters eggs in order for their survival.