Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Bloody Bridge, SE Coast.

[Site list for year 1985]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850516/21 Date: 1985-05-16 GPS: 54.17400,-5.87300. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The transect site is exposed. It is bounded in the north by a large steep rock ridge, and in the south by a slightly less elevated ridge. behind the transect site are steeply sloping slabs of rock with a well-developed lichen flora in the supralittoral zone. The intertidal region itself is composed of rounded rock ridges sloping fairly steeply down to the sea. The site was investigated on a fairly poor tide (0.7 m). About 1 m below low tide level, the ridges were replaced by rounded pebbles. No Laminaria or Alaria zone was apparent. There were several areas of bare rock on the lower shore, perhaps due to scouring.