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Ford Moss
Published dateDesignated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country England Unitary Authority Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Centroid * NT970377 Latitude 55.63277778 Longitude -2.0475 SAC EU Code UK0030151 Status...
Convention on Biological Diversity
Published date 2024-05-09The Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Convention or CBD) entered into force in December 1993, and has been ratified by almost 200 nations. The CBD is a 'Rio Convention' – it is one of t...
Delegation Diary: JNCC news from COP16
Published date 2024-11-01Learn more about how we are supporting the UK delegation at the ‘nature COP’, who we have met and the side events we’re involved with. 1 November 2024Reflections on COP16As COP16 draws to a close, so...
LS.LSa Littoral sand
Published date 2015-03Shores comprising clean sands (coarse, medium or fine-grained) and muddy sands with up to 25% silt and clay fraction. Shells and stones may occasionally be present on the surface. The sand may be dune...
IR.MIR.KR.HiaSw Hiatella arctica and seaweeds on vertical limestone / chalk.
Published date 2015-03This biotope is found in the infralittoral zone on moderately exposed vertical limestone/chalk surfaces in weak tidal streams, and has been recorded most frequently between 0-10m. This biotope is char...
LR.LLR.F.Asc.X Ascophyllum nodosum on full salinity mid eulittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered full salinity mixed substrata (cobbles, boulders and pebbles on sediment) characterised by a canopy formed by a mosaic of the wracks Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesi...
LS.LMx Littoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Shores of mixed sediments ranging from muds with gravel and sand components to mixed sediments with pebbles, gravels, sands and mud in more even proportions. By definition, mixed sediments are poorly ...
IR.LIR.K.Slat.Ft Saccharina latissima forest on very sheltered upper infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered sublittoral fringe and infralittoral bedrock, boulders and cobbles characterised by a dense canopy of the kelp Saccharina latissima. In such sheltered conditions, a di...
LR.LLR.FVS.Ascmac Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackaii beds on extremely sheltered mid eulittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Extremely sheltered mid shore mixed substrata, usually subject to variable salinity due to freshwater runoff, which support beds of the non-attached growth form of the wrack Ascophyllum nodosum ecad m...
SS.SSa.SSaVS.MoSaVS Infralittoral mobile sand in variable salinity (estuaries)
Published date 2015-03Very mobile sand in areas of strong tidal currents and variable salinity. No stable community is able to develop within this extremely mobile and abrasive habitat. The fauna encountered in this habita...