Harvesting cockles at Burry Inlet, Wales, UK (IMAGE)

Swansea University

Harvesting cockles at Burry Inlet, Wales, UK

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Cockles have been harvested along the south Wales coast for centuries. The Burry Inlet and Loughor estuary, near Swansea, is a major habitat for the popular and widespread common cockle (Cerastoderma edule).

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Dr Ruth Callaway, Swansea University

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