Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : W of Bird Island, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-08-12 GPS : 54.47790,-5.58945. Depth : 21.7 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Fine mud, well mixed small shell, some areas of intact shell. Some areas of very fine mud with Goneplax burrows. Areas of large shell including Modiolus which crumble very easily. Some Antedon bifida and Ascidiella in deeper water. In shallower water, rocks and boulders on muddy substrate covered with Echinus esculentus, Asterias rubens, bryozoans and Metridium senile.

Species list (37 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral mixed sediment.