The beach was strewn with mollusks: small mussels, limpets, smooth heart-shaped cockles, and especially some sea butterflies with oblong, membrane-filled bodies whose heads are formed from two rounded lobes. I also saw myriads of those northernmost sea butterflies three centimeters long, which a baleen whale can swallow by the thousands in one gulp.
Het strand was bezaaid met allerlei soort schelpen, hoorns en zeesterren. Maar in de lucht vooral was de fauna sterk vertegenwoordigd; daar vlogen en fladderden duizenden vogels van allerhande soorten, die ons met hun gekras doof schreeuwden.