In a recent email Carol Boardman mentioned the huge number of razor shells that are being washed-up on the beach at the moment.
If you take a walk along the beach you’ll see thousands of these razor fish (or are they clams?) shells – presumably the storms coupled with high tides means that the shells get washed up out of the sand and then dumped when the tide goes out?
Do you know more about the razor fish? Are there more in the sands of Hoylake than there used to be? Have your say in the comments below.
This is a type of shell fish. Commonly cooked by steaming with garlic. Delicious!
They are actually called razor clams. I know people often catch them on the beach in New Brighton.
There is a massive bed of them all along Wirral up to Southport and probably even further. They are only accessible at the extreme end of the low water mark on Spring tides, so you can only get to them a few times a year. .A slight change in the salinity or temperature of the seawater will kill a lot off but as mentioned before there are a lot of them! Great fun to catch,.and excellent eating.
There is a massive bed of razor clams all along the Wirral Coastline and similarly one at Southport . They live at the extreme low water mark of Spring tides and out into shallow waters , and are therefore only accessible a few times a year. A slight change in the salinity or temperature of the seawater will kill a lot of them off.. Good fun to catch and good eating!
can I catch razor fish at this time of year in summer and where would be the best place to go along this coastline