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by Andy Horton 2000
Wind Force 1, Wind Direction 30th South, 31st north changing to south. Sunny.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Frequency | Comments |
| Beadlet Anemone | Actinia equina | Frequent
(10+) |
No large specimens were seen. |
| Snakelocks Anemone | Anemonia viridis | One | The same specimen as seen before, but by the 31st it had disappeared. |
| Eel | Anguilla anguilla | One | Under boulder. About 35 cm. |
| Edible Crab | Cancer pagurus | Occasional
(about 5) |
Undersized, c. 50 mm broad crabs buried in sand under rocks. |
| Shore Crab | Carcinus maenas | Common
(100+) |
Large ones (20+) but only the small ones made the numbers up. |
| 5-Bearded Rockling | Ciliata mustela | One | Large one, at least 25 cm long under a boulder. |
| Corkwing Wrasse (juv.) | Crenilabrus melops | Frequent
(20 +) |
Usually common at this time of year. Small to 35 mm. |
| Short-legged
Spider Crab |
Eurynome aspera | One | Occasionally found, not always present and never more than frequent. |
| Squat Lobster | Galathea squamifera | Very frequent
(50+) |
Only very small ones under rocks. |
| Rock
Goby
(juveniles) |
Gobius paganellus | Very Common
(500+) |
In shallow pools and under rocks. Frequently 2 year old specimens (approaching full size). |
| Netted Dogwhelk | Hinia reticulata | Common
(100+) |
Only two noticed, but it is inconceivable that there were not hundreds under the sand. |
| Ballan Wrasse (juv.) | Labrus bergylta | One | Green specimen, about 40 mm. |
| Blenny
(juveniles) |
Lipophrys pholis | Very frequent
(50+) |
Surprisingly few after they were very common earlier this year. |
| Long-legged
Spider Crab |
Macropodia rostrata | Common
(200+) |
At and below Chart Datum. |
| Plumose Anemone | Metridium senile | Absent | Usually only found in spring on this beach. |
| Dogwhelk | NucelLapillus | Not known | Not searched for. Certainly not common.
Only started to reappear in the last 3 years. |
| Oyster | Ostrea edulis | Very frequent
(50+) |
Only started to reappear intertidally in the last 5 years, apart from the occasional one. Small as the large ones are usually removed. |
| Hermit Crab | Pagurus bernhardus | Very Frequent
(50+) |
In Periwinkle shells mostly, at least 70% of them, the others in Netted Dogwhelk shells. |
| Prawn | Palaemon serratus | Abundant
(1000+) |
First net full got supper second
provided breakfast the following day. Thousands of small ones as well.
Palaemon elegans probably present as well. |
| Butterfish | Pholis gunnellus | Two | Probably more, as I did not look in their habitats, under rocks at mid-tide level. Juveniles to about 80 mm are usual so a specimen under a boulder at about 160 mm was unusual. |
| Hairy Crab | Pilumnus hirtellus | Occasional
(about 5 seen) |
Sometimes absent altogether on this beach. |
| Long-clawed
Porcelain Crab |
Pisidia longicornis | Common
(100+) |
Underside of rocks and boulders |
| Common Goby | Pomatoschistus microps | Abundant
(1000+) |
Most were juveniles |
| Broad-clawed
Porcelain Crab |
Porcellana platycheles | Occasional | None seen, but I did not look for them. |
| Sea Anemone | Sagartia troglodytes | Frequent
(25 +) |
Deposited sand obscured this species. |
| Bullhead
(Alternative local name: Clobberhead) |
Taurulus bubalis | Very frequent
(50+) |
Always frequently to be found on this shore on the low springs, but it can be common and less numbers than expected. |
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