This is what we found. You don’t have to know the Latin names – we have put them in for more information when we know them. Some small organisms such as our spiders, flies and hoppers are difficult to identify to species level – there are just so many of them.
Common Name | Scientific Name | Abundance | Notes | |
1 | Spider | Species unknown | Abundant | Alive |
2 | Spider (wolf spider?) | Species unknown | Abundant | Alive |
3 | Small fly | Species unknown | Abundant | Alive |
4 | Large fly | Species unknown | Abundant | Alive |
5 | Amphipod (hopper) | Species unknown | Abundant | Alive and dead |
6 | Common cuttlefish (bone) | Sepia officinalis | Frequent | Dead |
7 | Bladder wrack | Fucus vesiculosus | Frequent | Dead |
8 | Egg wrack | Ascophillum nodosum | Frequent (in summer) | Dead |
9 | Irish moss | Chondrus crispus | Frequent | Dead |
10 | Sea lettuce | Ulva lactuca | Frequent | Dead |
11 | Wireweed | Sargassum muticum | Frequent (in summer) | Dead (invasive species) |
12 | Rock weed? | Fucus distichus | Rare in south? | Dead (identity to be confirmed) |
13 | Slipper limpet (shell) | Crepidula fornicata | Frequent | Dead (invasive species) |
14 | Spiny cockle (shell) | Acanthocardia aculeata | Frequent | Dead |
15 | Common whelk (shell) | Buccinum undatum | Frequent | Dead |
16 | Common whelk (egg cases) | Buccinum undatum | Frequent | Dead |
17 | Razor clam (shell) | Ensis sp. | Frequent | Dead |
18 | Otter shell (shell) | Lutraria lutraria | Frequent | Dead |
19 | Netted dog whelk (shell) | Tritia reticulata | Frequent | Dead |
20 | Blue mussel (shell) | Mytilus edulis | Frequent | Dead |
21 | Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare (on strandline) | Dead |
22 | Thornback ray (egg case) | Raja clavata | Frequent | Dead |
23 | Spotted ray (egg case) | Raja montagui | Occasional | Dead |