Limpets (Credit Julie Hatcher)
The rocky shore provides a solid surface for barnacles, anemones, limpets and seaweeds to attach.
During a low tide the rockpools here create vital shelter and refuges for marine wildlife.
Cunning Point is one of the few truly rocky regions of Cumbria’s coast and throughout much of the North-West. It is the best example of a rocky shore habitat and home to a variety of species that are not found living together anywhere else across the rest of the county.
Rockpools, cobbles and boulders create vital shelter and marine refuges which sustain many species during low tide. The rocky shore provides a solid surface for barnacles, anemones, limpets and seaweeds to attach. Seaweed not only provides food for some marine species, but also acts as a valuable nursery for young fish to shelter in.
This recommended Marine Conservation Zone is ON HOLD as it was recommended as a Reference Area.
Defra should commit to gathering additional information to consider extending the boundaries and designating the site as an MCZ.
This site was put forward as a Reference Area (a highly protected MCZ). Defra are now reviewing designation of such sites and The Wildlife Trusts will input into this review. However, it is our view that this site could still make a valuable contribution to an ecologically coherent network of MCZs if its boundaries were extended.
Defra should commit to gathering additional information to consider extending the boundaries and designating the site as an MCZ.
Contains UKHO Law of the Sea data. Crown copyright and database right and
contains Ordnance Survey Data Crown copyright and database 2012
Other nearby MCZs
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