We continued our adventures outdoors by visiting Cramond Beach. Our task was to compare the woodland habitat we explored last week in the grounds of Lauriston Castle and the coastal habitat down at Cramond. It was a cold but beautiful morning down at the beach, and again we worked in teams to take photos of as many interesting habitats as we could find in this contrasting setting. We found tufts of spiky beach grass, driftwood, rockpools, shingle and clumps of seaweed. We combed the beach and spotted various empty shells washed up onto the sand. These included spiral ones, long narrow ones and even one that looked like the horn of a unicorn! We wondered what animals had lived inside them to keep safe and warm. We even found a limpet shell with barnacles attached to it and marveled at the thought of an animal making its habitat on the habitat of another! We found part of a crab and were surprised to find tufts of hair on one of its claws. We wondered the reason for this, and decided it was a question for our Curiosity Wall back in the classroom! There were lots of squeals of excitement as we threw pebbles and paddled in the sea. We then headed back to school to put on some dry, warm clothes after another of our exciting P2 Cargilfield adventures!