Field Meeting Records

Date:- 16 September 2006

Lepe Country Park

Leader:- Andy Barker
Purpose:- Seashore life
Time:- 10:30 to 14:00
Attendance:- 12
Weather:- Dry, warm and misty. Dull then sunny later.

Flora:-
Algae:-
Chondrus crispus (Irish Moss)
Enteromorpha linza
Fucus ceranoides
Fucus serratus (Saw Wrack)
Fucus spiralis (Spiral Wrack)
Laminaria saccharina (Sea Belt)
Leathesia difformis (Sea Pototoe)
Ulva lactusa (Sea Lettuce)

Fauna:-
Invertebrates:-
Sponges:-
Halichrondriidae

Anemones etc:-
Actinia equina (Beadlet Sea Anemone)
Hydrallmania falcata (a hydroid)

Worms:-
Lanice conchilega (Sand Mason)
Pomatoceros lamarckii (Keel Worm)
Spirorbia spirorbis

Crustaceans:-
Balanus balanus (a barnacle)
Carcinus pagurus (Shore Crab)
Gammarus locusta (Sand-hopper)
Liocarcinus arcuatus (a crab)
Palaemon elegans (a prawn)
Pilumnus hirtella (Hairy Crab)
Pisidia longicornis (Long-clawed Porcelain Crab)
Semibalanus balanoides (Common Barnacle)
Sphaeroma serratum (an isopod)

Molluscs:-
Barnia candida (White Piddock)
Cerastoderma edule (Common Cockle)
Crepidula fornicata (Slipper Limpet)
Gibbula cineraria (Grey Topshell)
Gibbula umbilicus (Flat Topshell)
Hinia reticulata (Netted Dog Whelk)
Littorina littorea (Common Winkle)
Littorina obtusata (Flat Winkle)
Littorina saxatilis (Rough Winkle)
Myrtilus edulis (Common Cockle)
Ostrea edulis (Common Oyster)
Patella vulgata (Common Limpet)
Scrobicularia plana (Peppery Furrow Shell)
Sepia officinalis (Common Cuttlefish)
Solen marginatus (Grooved Razor Shell)
Tapes decussatus (Crosscut Carpet Shell)

Bryozoans:-
Alcyonidium diaphanum

Fish:-
Lipophrys pholis (Blenny)

Birds:-
Little Egret
Oystercatcher
Turnstone
Curlew
Black-headed Gull
Common Tern
Pied Wagtail