MBDP-NI: Site details NW of Magilligan Strand, Lough Foyle.

Priority species

NW of Magilligan Strand, Lough Foyle.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830621/03 Date: 1983-06-21 GPS: 55.18050,-6.97433 [ View map ]

Site Description: Fairly firm rippled sand. Much shell debris. Sparse growth of Chorda, Ceramium sp. L. saccharina.

Species list (12 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Sertularia cupressina
ANNELIDA
Lanice conchilega
CRUSTACEA
Crangon crangon
Pagurus bernhardus
Cancer pagurus
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Mytilus edulis
Sepiola (Heterosepiola) atlantica
PISCES
Pomatoschistus minutus
RHODOPHYTA
Ceramium sp.
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca

No biotope record.

CNIDARIA
Sertularia cupressina P
ANNELIDA
Lanice conchilega P
CRUSTACEA
Crangon crangon P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Cancer pagurus P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Mytilus edulis P
Sepiola (Heterosepiola) atlantica P
PISCES
Pomatoschistus minutus P
RHODOPHYTA
Ceramium sp. P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca P