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Herring Bay boulders, Strangford Lough.

[Site list for year 1985]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850624/21 Date: 1985-06-24 GPS: 54.51100,-5.55300. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: A boulder dominated headland of fairly sheltered exposure. It is dominated by Ascophyllum and fucoids. The boulders are mainly medium in size and are situated on stones and gravel on the upper and low shore and on sand in the middle shore. There is a steep slope towards the upper shore which may be more exposed than the rest of the shore. The middle has a huge wet area between the boulders which has a sandy bottom. These boulders are fairly widely spread whereas the boulders of the upper and lower shores are densely packed.

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