species: By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)

Observer

clinton

Date

10/22/2017

Quality grade

research

License

CC-BY-NC

Description

Remains of the blue tide at Piha today. Noticed a lot of these blowing up into the dunes. Should make for a nice input of nutrients. I also couldn't help but notice all of the small plastic fragments in the drift. They were everywhere you looked.