Dear Erick,
 
first best greetings from Innsbruck. Maybe you know my name from
internet and our intention, which my mother, Dr. Irmgard Nisters,
aged nearly 88 years, and I, are responsable as honorary collaborators
and volunteers for the shell collection of the Natural History Department
of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck (see also
my homepage: www.netwing.at/nisters/. As I've now seen in an
e-mail to a french collector your descriptions of your zones and
of the zone where are Calliostoma and shellgrit, I want to ask if
you are able to supply with a lot as detritus, as my mother with her
age likes to sort it out and if you can donate some shells of your
zone or from the Bretagne to the museums collection. If you were
a landshell collector I can send you in the near future some nice
landshells from Austria and Northern Italy maybe also some freshwater
species. I know from tradings in the past with Gert Lindner, that there
are some nice Patella vulgata, which I can use too. Are you willing
or able to help me in our intentions for the museum and to send
a lot of shellgrit for us to sort them out as this works will help my
mother to be sound.
with best shelling greetings
Helmut from Innsbruck
 
 
Helmut Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone and fax: 0443 / 512 / 57 32 14
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
url: www.netwing.at/nisters/
 
or
 
Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
malacological collection
Feldstr. 11a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37
 
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Hello Laurent,
 
There are three places on the North Coast and one on the South Coast that I really do recommend:
 
North Coast:
 
1) St.Jacut de la Mer. Plage de Rougeret and tidal flat between Island and Beach.
    Collected almost 200 species there.
2) Fisheries harbour of Erquy. Here many offshore species can be collected at low tide walking between the fishing boats. Different things in different seasons.
3) Grande Plage of St.Cast-Le Guildo. This is a more erratic beach but on a good day Calliostoma granulatum and big C.zizyphinum among many other species can be found here. There has to be Laminaria and that sort
of weed on the beach though.
Also sometimes big shell banks with living Nucula and beautiful Shell Grit can be had here.
 
South Coast:
 
1) Presqu'ile de Quiberon. Especially the sandy East coast. Sometimes great Shell Grit can be found. On the oyster beds it is sometimes possible to collect a mediterranean Gibbula. Ask for permission though!!
 
I hope you'll have a good shelling trip.
 
Sincerely, Erick
 
k.stenkula-l.faravel wrote:
 
> Bonsoir à tous
>
> Je vais prochainement en Bretagne, et je compte en profiter pour ramasser quelques coquillages pour ma collection, à pied à marée basse, vu la saison. Connaissez-vous des endroits remarquables pour la collecte?
> Quelles sont les espèces les plus spécifiques (si j'ose dire!) à la Bretagne?
> Merci de tous vos bons conseils
>
> This call is of course also valid for those of you who know well about fine shelling places in Brittany!
>
> Laurent