Strandline Bio-blitz

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 NameScientific NameAbundanceNotes
1Spider Species
unknown
AbundantAlive
2Spider
(wolf spider?)
Species
unknown
AbundantAlive
3Small flySpecies
unknown
AbundantAlive
4Large flySpecies
unknown
AbundantAlive
5Amphipod
(hopper)
Species
unknown
AbundantAlive and
dead
6Common cuttlefish
(bone)
Sepia
officinalis
FrequentDead
7Bladder
wrack
Fucus
vesiculosus
FrequentDead
8Egg wrackAscophillum
nodosum
Frequent
(in summer)
Dead
9Irish mossChondrus
crispus
FrequentDead
10Sea lettuceUlva
lactuca
FrequentDead
11WireweedSargassum
muticum
Frequent
(in summer)
Dead (invasive
species)
12Rock weed?Fucus
distichus
Rare
in south?
Dead (identity
to be confirmed)
13Slipper limpet
(shell)
Crepidula
fornicata
Frequent Dead (invasive species)
14Spiny cockle
(shell)
Acanthocardia aculeataFrequentDead
15Common whelk
(shell)
Buccinum
undatum
FrequentDead
16Common whelk
(egg cases)
Buccinum
undatum
FrequentDead
17Razor clam
(shell)
Ensis sp.FrequentDead
18Otter shell
(shell)
Lutraria
lutraria
FrequentDead
19Netted dog
whelk
(shell)
Tritia
reticulata
FrequentDead
20Blue mussel
(shell)
Mytilus
edulis
FrequentDead
21CormorantPhalacrocorax
carbo
Rare (on
strandline)
Dead
22Thornback ray
(egg case)
Raja
clavata
FrequentDead
23Spotted ray
(egg case)
Raja
montagui
OccasionalDead