Sea lemon (Credit Derek Haslam)
The bobbly looking sea lemon can be found here, this is actually a species of sea slug.
A mosaic of rocky intertidal habitats and underboulder communities are found here.
Located on the Berwickshire coast, this area is no more than 2 metres deep throughout and has been identified to protect a mosaic of rocky intertidal habitats and underboulder communities.
Sea caves are scarce around the UK. Wildlife cloaks their walls: from limpets, mussels and sponges to small crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters which hide between cracks and crevices. Look closely and you may spot a sea lemon, a bobbly looking sea slug.
Kelp and red seaweeds, including sea oak, are in abundance here. Hairy sea mats cover large patches of kelp, whilst the tiny blue-rayed limpet grazes upon it. Important for seabirds, this site has a population of purple sandpipers, sanderlings and turnstones as well as little terns and kittiwakes during the summer months.
This recommended Marine Conservation Zone is ON HOLD at the moment as it was recommended as a Reference Area.
We need you to urge Defra to consider designating this site as an MCZ to protect the intertidal habitats which are not protected as a feature of the SAC.
This site has been proposed as a Reference Area (highly protected MCZ) by Defra. Defra are now reviewing the designation of such site and The Wildlife Trusts will input into this review. However, it is our view that this site could still make an important contribution to an ecologically coherent network. The site sits within the boundary of Berwickshire and North Northumberland Special Area of Conservation. However, this protection does not extend to the intertidal habitats found within the site.
Therefore we need you to urge Defra to consider designating this site as an MCZ to protect the intertidal habitats which are not protected as a feature of the SAC.
Contains UKHO Law of the Sea data. Crown copyright and database right and contains Ordnance Survey Data Crown copyright and database 2012
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