Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Samuel's Port

…oulders. There are som e rockpools in the ridges deep enough to sustain oarweed Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and toothed wrack Fucus serratus. On the lower shore, the substrate consists of large boulders in sand. This area is dominated by toothed wrack Fucus s…

Robin Hood's Bay: Maw Wyke to Beast Cliff

… canaliculata, Fucus spiralis, Fucus vesiculosus, F. serratusinto the kelp zone Laminaria digitata the latter which straddles the low water mark. In the Far Jetticks area, good quality, extensive areas of two nationally scarce red algal turf biotopes Osmundea pinnatifida and Cor…

Aber Afon Conwy

… eulittoral soft rock with Fucus serratus and sublittoral fringe soft rock with Laminaria digitata. In addition the site supports specialised communities of shallow pools on mixed substrata with hydroids, ephemeral algae and Littorina littorea. The large number of different inter…

The Maidens

…yellow and grey lichens, Verrucaria maura, Chthamalus spp, Alaria esculenta and Laminaria digitata. The area is characterised by an upper splash zone dominated by the lichen Verrucaria maura. Many of the exposed mid-shore rocks are dominated by the common limpet Patella vulgata a…

Glannau Porthaethwy

…cus vesiculosus, and serrated wrack Fucus serratus. Mixed kelps such as oarweed Laminaria digitata, sugar kelp Saccharina latissima and cuvie Laminaria hyperborea dominate the lower reaches of the shore in a narrow band, with a diverse range of associated seaweeds including sea-o…

Arfordir Abereiddi

…a subtidal fringe characterised either by dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and kelp Laminaria digitata over encrusting coralline algae, or a mixture of kelp including Laminaria hyperborea, L.saccharina, dabberlocks and furbelows Saccorhiza polyschides. The lower shore tends to be dom…

The Gobbins

…Nucella lapillus and the beadlet anemone Actina equina. The brown algae oarweed Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, thong-weed Himanthalia elongata and cuvie Laminaria hyperborea typify lower shores. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/gobbins-assi

St. John's Point

…lower shore. The lower littoral is dominated by dulse Palmaria palmata, oarweed Laminaria digitata and sugar kelp Saccharina latissma formerly Saccharina latissima with encrusting coralline algae beneath the canopy while forest kelp Laminaria hyperborea is present in the sublitto…

Outer Ards

…osum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, toothed wrack Fucus serratus and oarweed Laminaria digitata, occur. Green seaweeds such as Enteromorpha spp. and Cladophora spp. are associated with the rock pools, while acorn barnacles Semibalanus balanoides occur on the many boulders on t…

Glannau Aberdaron

…a. The zone below this is dominated by dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata, with an understorey of red seaweed. Caves in the cliff at Porth Llanllawen support a rich assemblage of sponges, ascidians, bryozoans and shade-tolerant seaweeds. The stretch of sh…

Aberarth - Carreg Wylan

…ciated caves, rock platforms and reefs. At the lower edge of the shore the kelp Laminaria digitata or dabberlocks Alaria esculenta form a distinctive zone, extending into the shallow sublittoral. Above this there are typically zones of red algal turf, barnacles and limpets, ephem…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

…in places. The lower shore is dominated by kelps along much of the site, mainly Laminaria digitata and furbellows Saccorhiza polyschides. Dabberlocks Alaria esculenta is more common where wave exposure is greater. There is an understorey of encrusting and filamentous red algae in…

Sandness Coast

…munities such as those associated with dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata. Although most of the shoreline within the site is made up of bedrock and boulders, two large sand beaches with areas of boulders and rocky reefs are also present. They support biot…

Tyrella and Minerstown

…sh moss Mastocarpus stellatus and encrusting red algae. The brown algae oarweed Laminaria digitata and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata typify lower shores. Biogenic reefs of the honeycomb worm Sabellaria alveolata are present between lower mid-littoral and lower littoral boulders…

Mournes Coast

…lugworm Arenicola marina can be found in the sand between the boulders. Oarweed Laminaria digitata and sugar kelp Saccharina latissima formerly called Saccharina latissima typify the low infralittoral fringe. The rocks around the shoreline of the site are used by grey seals Halic…

Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley

…arnacle Austrominius modestus or with a dense canopy of serrated wrack. Oarweed Laminaria digitata occurs on sublittoral fringe rocky reefs where there is no honeycomb worm reef. All the pools within the site are sand influenced and many support a crust of honeycomb worm. Due to …

Ynys Enlli

… reaches of the shore are fringed with dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata. The shore of the southern part of the island consists of platforms and pinnacles of rock, separated by gullies of various sizes. The lichen zone can reach up to 60 m in width in th…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…e bay supports dense communities of the foliose seaweed species including cuvie Laminaria hyperborea, Mastocarpus stellatus, serrated wrack Fucus serratus, egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata and spiral wrack Fucus s…

Arfordir Gogleddol Penmon

…d seaweeds Mastocarpus stellatus and Ceramium sp. At the lowest reaches oarweed Laminaria digitata forms a narrow zone along most of the shore. In places, vertical limestone bedrock and boulder surfaces in both the oarweed and the serrated wrack zones are burrowed into by piddock…

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

…wer shore are colonised by kelps such as dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, oar weed Laminaria digitata and L. hyperborea. Amongst the kelps clusters of common mussel Mytilus edulis, dahlia anemone Urticina felina and gem anemone Bunodactis verrucosa occur. Further up the shore many o…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…ia esculenta and dense aggregations of small mussels Mytilus edulis, or by kelp Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks overlying coralline and filamentous red algae. Less exposed areas support kelp with Himanthalia elongata overlying a similar community. Areas subject to strong wate…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…, Port-na-Tober and the great Stookan. A seaweed community dominated by oarweed Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta typifies lower shores, while shallower mid-shore areas are frequently encrusted by coralline seaweed. Less steeply sloping areas commonly have abund…

Borth - Clarach

…calis. Deeper rockpools typically contain more wracks and kelps such as oarweed Laminaria digitata and the sugar kelp L. saccharina. Towards the centre of the site, the upper part of Sarn Cynfelin, a linear reef of cobbles and boulders, is largely barren with occasional small gam…

Papa Stour

…tichus subsp. anceps and kelps such as dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata. Sheltered zones within the voes provide examples of tide-swept biotope and under-boulder communities. Papa Stour supports large concentrations of breeding birds, with 15 species of…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…ever along the majority of the rock headland it occurs within a band of oarweed Laminaria digitata to below mean low water. Unusually high numbers of the polychaete worm Polydora sp. with the anemone Sagartia troglodytes, are found at the bottom of the shore. This biotope is rare…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…erforatus which nears its northern limit here, and a forest of the kelp species Laminaria digitata in the sub-littoral fringe at Skrinkle. Remarks: This site lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The golden haired lichen Teloschistes flavicans is listed on Schedule …

Aire Point to Carrick Du

… shore characterised by the brown seaweeds dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, tangle Laminaria digitata and pools containing coralline algae Corallina officinalis and pink encrusting Lithothamnion spp. Limpets Patella aspera are abundant and barnacles, mainly Chthamalus stellatus, are…

Dale and South Marloes Coast

…uch of the rocky element of this shoreline is dominated by kelp species such as Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, occasionally with an understorey of encrusting coralline algae and filamentous or foliose red algae. The lower to mid-shore tends to be dominated by r…

Castlemartin Range

…d. The lower shore fringe is dominated by dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and kelp Laminaria digitata communities with a mixed under-storey of various coralline and red algal species. The nationally scarce seaweed Gigartina pistillata is also present here. The limestone shores have …

Berwickshire Coast (Intertidal)

…er pools, with the algae Corallina officinalis and Fucus serratus. Kelp beds of Laminaria digitata also occur in these locations, and merge into the beds of L.hyperborea and L.saccharina in the deeper sublittoral fringe. The site supports good examples of epifaunal assemblages, e…

Glanllynnau a Glannau Pen-ychain i Gricieth

…fida, Irish moss Chondrus crispus and coral weed Corallina officinalis. Oarweed Laminaria digitata overlies these algae lower down the shore. A similar distribution occurs across a wider intertidal area directly in front of the holiday centre and towards the mouth of the Afon Wen…

Ramsey / Ynys Dewi

…nges of the less exposed areas around the island are dominated by kelps such as Laminaria digitata, L.hyperborea and furbelows Saccorhiza polyschides, often with barnacles and mussels Mytilus edulis beneath. In areas subject to greatest wave exposure, particularly on the south an…

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

…mentaria articulata. The lower shore/sublittoral fringe is dominated by oarweed Laminaria digitata, and overlies red seaweed. Small sandy bays around the lifeboat slip to the north of Trwyn Porth Dinllaen contain coarse mobile sands. South of these sandy bays an area of boulders …

Killard

…toothed wrack Fucus serratus, with batters frond Gigartina stellata and oarweed Laminaria digitata towards low tide. The invertebrate community consists largely of fairly robust species, and varies in composition with current flow and substrate. The main species are the common li…

Skokholm

…ytilus edulis and coralline algae. On the less exposed north-western side, kelp Laminaria digitata occurs with thong-weed over coralline and red algae. The more sheltered eastern side of the island supports sub-tidal fringe rock dominated by kelp, including a nationally scarce ti…

Wig Bach a'r Glannau i Borth Alwm

… seaweed Rhodothamniella floridula. The sublittoral fringe is dominated by kelp Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta. The typically subtidal brown seaweeds Desmarestia aculeata and Desmarestia ligulata are found attached to boulders here also. Underhangs and small …

Porth Ceiriad, Porth Neigwl ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal

…wrack Fucus serratus, sponges and sea-squirts, and tide-swept rock with oarweed Laminaria digitata, sea-squirts and bryozoans. High on the mainland cliffs in areas subject to sea-spray there are lichen assemblages, comprising sea ivory Ramalina sp., Caloplaca sp., Xanthorion par…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…ntinuous band around the headland on rock outcrops and boulders amongst oarweed Laminaria digitata or serrated wrack Fucus serratus seaweeds. Steep sea cliffs exhibit an almost uninterrupted zonation with broad bands of yellow and grey lichens, the black tar lichen Verrucaria mau…

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…he majority of the lower shore throughout the site is characterised by oar weed Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, overlying encrusting coralline and filamentous red seaweeds, including Gigartina pistillata, a nationally scarce red seaweed. To the north of the s…

Galboly

…er dulse Osmundea pinnatifida and encrusting red algae. The brown algae oarweed Laminaria digitata and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata typify lower shores. Common invertebrates include the rough periwinkle Littorina saxatilis, the common perwinkle Littorina littorea, the flat pe…

Porth Towyn i Borth Wen

…posed during the lowest tides, and form the understorey for a canopy of oarweed Laminaria digitata and dabberlocks Alaria esculenta. Furbelows Saccorhiza polyschides and sugar kelp Saccharina latissima are also found in this zone at the south-western end of the site, and form a c…

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