Abandon ship!

An empty Snail’s shell dangles, caught up in one of the gaps of some nylon netting that has been used to shore-up a dry stone wall, its invertebrate owner long gone. Whether this mollusc’s disappearing act is due to  the Snail becoming trapped and perishing or because a bird decided to create a self-service gastropod larder I don’t know, but its empty spiral shell remains as a reminder…


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