Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Long Sheelagh, Strangford Lough.

[Site list for year 1986]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19861008/22 Date: 1986-10-08 GPS: 54.44700,-5.59500. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: A shingle and boulder bar approximately 300 m long which is submerged at high tide. The upper bar is of pebbles with small and medium boulders in the middle and lower shore. A strand line occurs at the highest point along the top of a sharp pebble ridge. A north side of the Sheelagh is steep with fucoid cover narrow without forming distinct zones. The south side of the Sheelagh is much more gently sloping with an extensive algal zonation dominated by Ascophyllum. Some areas of coarse sediment with Enteromorpha mats and Arenicola casts are present towards the middle shore. Four zones were observed as Pelvetia appeared to be absent.

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