Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Stroma

…ationally important numbers of breeding seabirds. The species include razorbill Alca torda, puffin Fratercula arctica, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, black guillemot Cepphus grylle and guillemot Uria aalge. The cliffs on Str…

Sanda Islands

…ternationally important numbers of shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis and razorbill Alca torda. The shag colony is the largest in the Clyde seabird population. The islands also support the largest colonies in Kintyre of fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, great bla…

Eastern Isles

…tus and shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis. There are smaller colonies of razorbill Alca torda, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis and a few puffin Fratercula arctica. The Eastern Isles also provide isolated habitats for an important breeding colony of grey seal…

Shipman Head & Shipman Down (Bryher)

…eat black backed gull L. marinus, lesser black backed gull L. fuscus, razorbill Alca torda, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis and storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus. In addition ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula breed on the open heathland.

Portmuck

…ation of breeding seabirds. The most numerous group are the auks with razorbill Alca torda and guillemot Uria aalgae present together with small numbers of puffin Fratercula arctica. Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and fulmar Fulmarus glacialis are also present together with black gui…

Gerrans Bay to Camels Cove

…mpound Grit and basal conglomerate with local lenticels of Silurian limestone, calcareous slate and outcrops of gabbro. Pendower contains an excellent example of the Quaternary Succession on the south coast of Cornwall. Two distinct shore platforms are overlain by raised beach an…

Berriedale Cliffs

…rd breed here: fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge, black guillemot Cepphus grille, great black-backed gull Larus marinus, herring gull Larus argentatus, puffin Fratercula arctica, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis and co…

Boscastle to Widemouth

… regularly including: peregrine Falco peregrinus, raven Corvus corax, razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge and oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus. The intertidal area is important for breeding grey seals Halichoerus grypus with a well established colony at Beeny Cliffs. B…

Dunnet Head

…and kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, as well as fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, razorbill Alca torda, puffin Fratercula arctica, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, herring gull Larus argentatus and great black-backed gull L. marinus. Guillemot Large numbers of g…

Porth Ceiriad, Porth Neigwl ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal

…onal group of Scandinavia. The uppermost zone of this group is absent, but the calcareous conglomerate between the Nant-pig Mudstones and Maentwrog Beds yields a fauna of Paradoxides forchhammeri (late Middle Cambrian) age, otherwise unrepresented in North Wales. The lower Maentw…

Grassholm / Ynys Gwales

…ll around the island, including species such as guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis and kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, as well as herring gull Larus argentatus, lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus and great black-backed gull Larus marinus. R…

St. Helen's (With Northwethel & Men-A-Vaur)

…ago supporting eight species of breeding sea birds. The population of razorbill Alca torda is of national importance; it is also the largest colony of this species in Scilly as are the colonies of fulmar Fulmarus glacialis and guillemot Uria aalge. Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and …

The Gobbins

…rvey The Gobbins held 791 pairs of kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and 552 razorbill Alca torda, respectively 1.6% and 1.1% of the all Ireland populations for these species. The site also supports the only mainland nesting Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica in Northern Ireland and sig…

Isle of Portland

…es and there are small numbers of cliff nesting guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda and puffin Fratercula arctica. * This plant is listed in Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

North Rona and Sula Sgeir

… Leach’s petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Razorbill (Alca torda) Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

Bullers of Buchan Coast

…ristotelis, herring gull Larus argentatus, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, razorbill Alca torda, and puffin Fratercula arctica are also present.

Castlemartin Range

…pecial interest for its geology, marine biology, sand dunes, wetland habitats, calcareous grassland, cliff and coastal grassland and heath, together with the most extensive area of species-rich neutral grassland in Wales. Also of special interest are rare and scarce plants and in…

Arfordir Abereiddi

…ffs and within the disused quarries at Abereiddi, are composed of volcanic and calcareous shales and sandstones rich in fossils. This exposed coastal stretch faces west and north-west, with both steep and gentle cliff slopes, which are soft and crumbling in places, reaching up to…

Trevose Head and Constantine Bay

… system backed by an area of dune grassland. The northern part is underlain by calcareous Devonian Slates supporting a coastal fringe of maritime grassland. In addition, more acidic soils to the east of the Trevose Lighthouse, support an area of maritime heathland. Dinas Head to …

Pentire Peninsula

…insula include corn buntings Emberiza calandra, guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis and a colony of puffin Fratercula arctica on Mouls Island. Grey seals Halichoerus grypus breed along this coast, in particular in the caves below Rumps Point.

Handa Island

…e large colonies of kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda and fulmar Fulmarus glacialis. Smaller colonies of shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, great black-backed gull Larus marinus and herring gull Larus argentatus also nest on the cliffs. A colony …

Forth Islands

…he region. Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, razorbill Alca torda and guillemot Uria aalge also nest on the three islands as well as great black-backed gull Larus marinus, lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus, herring gull Larus argentatus and kittiwake …

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…. A bonus feature is the assemblage of breeding guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, which regularly occur alongside the cormorant. As a bonus feature the headland caves have historically supported hibernating …

Norrard Rocks

…rd Rocks. Other breeding sea birds include fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge, great black backed gull Larus marinus, lesser black backed gull L. fuscus and herring gull Larus argentatus. There are also records of storm petrel Hydrobates pelagic…

Foula

…anodroma leucorhoa), breeding Puffin (Fratercula arctica), breeding Razorbill (Alca torda), breeding Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), breeding Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), breeding Seabird colony, breeding

Ceann a' Mhara to Loch a' Phuill

…ophic loch to the inland heathlands. Away from the influence of the wind-blown calcareous shell sand is a mosaic of more rough ground made up of acid grassland and heathland on peaty soils, known as the sliabh. There are exceptional conditions on Tiree that restrict the floristic…

St Kilda

…Oceanodroma leucorhoa, breeding Puffin Fratercula arctica , breeding Razorbill Alca torda, breeding Storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus, breeding

Treshnish Isles

…nclude manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus , puffin Fratercula arctica, razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis and shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis. The largest breeding colony of grey seals Halichoerus grypus in the Mull, Co…

Bass Rock

…significant proportion of the world population. Guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda, puffin Fratercula arctica, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, herring gull Larus argentatus, lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus and g…

Flannan Isles

…) Leach’s petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Razorbill (Alca torda)

Kelsey Head

…Pentire Point West rise to a maximum height of 46 metres at Kelsey Head. Black calcareous slates and thin limestones of the Lower Devonian Meadfoot Beds outcrop on the headlands. Soils are shallow, well-drained loams. However, the majority of the peninsula is overlain by extensiv…

Shiant Islands

…Rissa tridactyla Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis guillemot Uria aalge razorbill Alca torda Puffin Fratercula arctica

Duncansby Head

…marus glacialis, guillemot Uria aalge and kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, razorbill Alca torda, puffin Fratercula arctica, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, herring gull Larus argentatus, great black-backed gull Larus marinus and black guillemot Cepphus g…

West Exmoor Coast and Woods

…r Dryobates minor. Nesting sea-birds include guillemot Uria aalge and razorbill Alca torda, this being the best mainland site in north Devon for these species. The heathland supports whinchat Saxicola rubetra, stonechat S. torquata and wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe. This coast is al…

Lundy

…Large numbers of kittiwake Rissa tridactyla nest on the cliffs, as do razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge, peregrine Falco peregrinus and raven Corvus corax. The island is well known as an observation point for passage and vagrant species and several birds nest on the plat…

Ramsey / Ynys Dewi

…ll around the island, including species such as guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda and kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. The presence of rats, recently eradicated, has had a significant impact on the numbers of seabirds able to use the island, and had eliminated the once vast p…

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

…including shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, razorbill Alca torda, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, guillemot Uria aalge and lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus. Raven Corvus corax, peregrine Falco peregrinus, stonechat Saxicola rubicola and rock pipit Anthus…

Annet

…ula arctica and greater black backed gull Larus marinus together with razorbill Alca torda, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, common tern Sterna hirundo, herring gull Larus argentatus, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and shag P. aristotelis.

Headon Warren and West High Down

…lacrocorax aristotelis and small populations of guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda and puffin Fratercula arctica. peregrine falcons Falco peregrinus recolonised the cliffs in the 1980’s. The cliffs and cliff top grassland support a number of rare and local sea cliff plan…

Skokholm

…ffinus, puffin Fratercula arctica, storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus, razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge, lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus, which together with fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, herring gull Larus argentatus and greater black-backed gull Larus marinus compri…

Rathlin Island - Coast

…rds including nationally important colonies of guillemot Uria, aalge, razorbill Alca torda, and kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Northern Ireland's largest population of puffin Fratercula arctica breed amonq the grassy slopes ef the cliff ledges. There is also a small colony of Manx s…

Carrickarade

…seabirds include kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, guillemot Uria aalge and razorbill Alca torda. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/carrickarade-assi

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…from rock with lichens to crevice communities, and on to a mosaic of maritime, calcareous and neutral grassland and cliff scrub. A well-developed crevice flora exists, dominated by rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, sea plantain Plantago maritima…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…tween March and August of each year and include guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda, and kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Breeding pairs of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis are also present. The headland caves support hibernating populations of l…

Cape Wrath

…e large colonies of kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda and fulmar Fulmarus glacialis. Smaller colonies of black guillemot Cepphus grylle, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, great black-backed gull Larus marinus and herring gull Larus argentatus al…

Tintagel Cliffs

…iantum capillus-veneris. Soils derived from the basic volcanic rocks are more calcareous and support a species rich flora which includes glaucous sedge Carex flacca, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and betony Betonica officinalis, with the very rare chives Allium schoenoprasum flou…

Godrevy Head to St Agnes

…Godrevy exhibits extensive species-rich dune grassland developed on wind-blown calcareous sand. The sward is dominated by red fescue with abundant wild thyme, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and eyebright Euphrasia officinalis. Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and autumn lady…

Western Rocks

…land of Gorregan has breeding colonies of kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, razorbill Alca torda and guillemot Uria aalge. Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo breed on Melledgan and storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus breed in some of the granite boulder beaches throughout these western island…

Marwick Head

…tance and the species in the area include; Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, Razorbill Alca torda, Puffin Fratercula arctica, Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Jackdaw Coloeus monedula and herring gull Larus argentatus.

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…ffinus, puffin Fratercula arctica, storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus, razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge, lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, for breeding chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax and short-eared owl Asio flammeus as well as for grey s…

Craig Hammel to Sgaps Geo

…and coastal vegetation communities. Particularly large populations of razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge and kittiwake Rissa tridactyla breed on this site. Non-marine Devonian (bedrock) The area around Sarclet Head contains rare exposures of the Lower Devonian rocks (416 …

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