coquina – Seashells by Millhill

by Pam

The Famous Fort in St. Augustine That Was Built of Seashells

Photo credit: By National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons – click the photo to visit the page. One area of Florida that is worth the visit is historic St. Augustine. Henry Flagler took an interest in the area and built the Ponce de Leon Hotel which is now Flagler College. Visitors began […]

Tiny Coquina Shells Used to Build a Fort

Coquina shells are tiny and numerous and can be seen all along the Florida coastline. These are the tiny shells you may see quickly digging into the sand as the surf receded from the beach. The beach seemingly comes alive as the tiny Coquina quickly cover themselves over and over. The sea birds eat them, […]

Seashell Identification ~ Coquina

The tiny Coquina shell is found all over the Florida beaches (it’s the small shell in the photo below), but they are usually busy digging themselves back under the sand each time the waves wash over them. They can be found in many pretty colors and I have only one…because they were so numerous and […]