Rockpooling Destination: North West Shatland, September 2014 river

The exposed cove is comprised of cobbles and boulders and slopes steeply  with a  deep cut river that flows out to the low water mark. Strandlines of washed up seaweed and debris mark the successive high tide marks.

Fauna is sparse, concentrated within the strandline. 

Habitat classification: Strandline (LS.LSa.St) and High energy littoral rock (LR.HLR ) i.e boulder shores.

The shore is comprised of cobbles and boulders  and slopes steeply  with a  deep cut river that flows out to the low water mark. Habitat classification:LR. HLR (High energy littoral rock).

A river flows onto the shore 

Succulent plants grow on the terrestrial edge of the shore

Insects scurry across the cobbles 

Insects scurry across the cobbles

Species diversity increases within the strandline where amphipods and insects. Habitat classification: Strandline (LS.LSa.St)

The insects and amphipods feed upon the decomposing seaweed and in so doing play a vital role in the recycling of nutrients on the shore.