Back in January, on a warmish day, we went to Sandwich to enjoy a scone at The Dunbar House and have a nice walk on the nearby beach. As always, lunch at the Dunbar was wonderful. I just love it there; it is such a treat! Then we made our way over to Boardwalk beach and enjoyed an excellent beach combing afternoon. 
We walked both Footbridge beach (Boardwalk beach) and the adjoining Town Beach. As you can see in the image above we found lots of great treasures! An old fishing lure, False Angel Wings, Blood Arks, an Oyster Drill, Jingle shells, Scallop shells, a small Surf Clam, a Gould's Pandora, a Northern Moon Snail Operculum, Fish bones, a Mermaid's purse (egg casing for a skate), a piece of Sea Scallop, a piece of coral, Slipper shells, driftwood, stones, and a piece of jaw bone from what - I do not know. 
There were also tons of large Northern Moon Snails, Blue and Horse Mussels, and various Crab carapaces and claws. We shot a short video of some of the shells and a nice pan of the beach. Not long after we shot this video, winter storms tore this fence out and eroded the dunes. Here is the video:

And below is a photo of a Lady Crab, which has such an interesting carapace (shell). I just love that leopard like pattern. 

On our way back from Provincetown (back in Dec.) we stopped at the Head of the Meadow bike trail and beach in Truro, Ma. https://www.nps.gov The bike trail was pleasant but perhaps a little long for walking....the round trip : ) Probably much easier on a bike! After we enjoyed the bike trail we made our way over the parking lot to the beach. This beach is one of the Cape's most spectacular beaches. It was a windy, cold, day so we did not venture too far but found some nice treasures and some not so nice trash. The reason I include this balloon in the photo is because they are a real blight on our beaches and many people do not know how far they can blow, where they can end up, and what harm they can cause to wildlife. So Please hold on to those balloons - do not let them go!
​For more information check out: https://balloonsblow.org
We did find some nice bay scallops, jingle shells, little surf clams, seagull feathers, acorns, beautiful stones and a good segment of fish vertebra! We also saw more seals swimming right off shore. Hopefully the fishing was good! The scenery certainly was.

Only steps from the Provincetown Inn is this sweet little beach on Provincetown Harbor. It may have been small but it was full of lots of interesting treasures! As you can see from my photo above we found feathers (Eider duck's perhaps?), Bay scallops, Oysters, Blue Mussels, Slipper shells, Jingles shells, Quahogs, Crab claws, driftwood, Fish bone vertebra, Blood Ark shell, small Surf Clam and a seed pod. But one of the best finds was a string of egg casings from a Channeled Whelk! Here is a photo of me holding it in my hands.

It can be hard to tell the difference between the Channeled Egg Casings and the Knobbed Whelk egg casings so this time I took a section home to get a closer look. Inside I found the tiny Channeled Whelk babies...I put them in the Blood Ark so you can see them in the photo below. Here is a link that helps explain the differences:   matthewwills.com/2011/05/17/whelk-egg-cases/

Here is a photo of a Channeled Whelk (left) and a Knobbed Whelk that I found when I was a kid on the Rhode Island coast at Sand hill Cove. That Channeled Whelk is one of my greatest treasures! I have not found one that size since!