Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles

…tant seabird colonies and support the largest breeding populations of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and shag P. aristotelis in the Mid Argyll district. The shags occupy both Corr Eilean and Eilean Ghamhna and breed on the cliff faces and on rocks just above the splash zone, while…

Longman and Castle Stuart Bays

…ing wildfowl and waders including nationally important populations of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, goldeneye Bucephala clangula, red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator, redshank Tringa totanus and wigeon Mareca penelope. Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica Common tern Sterna h…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…lowing features of special interest. Geologically the site is important for its Carboniferous stratigraphy where reef formations are exposed in the disused quarries and coastal cliffs. The limestone supports calcicolous (lime-loving) grassland communities of high botanical intere…

Sanda Islands

…nd diverse breeding colony. There are internationally important numbers of shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis and razorbill Alca torda. The shag colony is the largest in the Clyde seabird population. The islands also support the largest colonies in Kintyre of fulmar Fulmarus glaciali…

Firth of Forth

…vertebrates, breeding, passage and wintering birds. GEOLOGY Stratigraphy: Lower Carboniferous The coastal margins of the Forth demonstrate an exceptional variety of rocks and fossils that have been crucial in understanding the palaeogeography and palaeoecology of Scotland during …

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…ssemblage, the SSSI supports nationally important breeding numbers of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, in two colonies at Dungeness RSPB Reserve and Rye Harbour LNR and Mediterranean gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus, primarily at Rye Harbour LNR. The extensive areas of open water, g…

The Gobbins

…ern Ireland and significant populations of fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis and common guillemot Uria aalge. Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus also breed within the designated area. The Gobbins is also notable for its marit…

Sheep Island

…t numbers of breeding cormorant, belonging to the Northern European sub-species Phalacrocorax carbo carbo. The cormorant comprise the second largest coastal colony in the British Isles, with around 7% of the Irish and 3% of the British Isles breeding population, which is approxim…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…rts the following features of special interest. The site is significant for its Carboniferous Limestone which contains nationally important faunal assemblages in coastal cliffs, inland outcrops, disused quarries and road sections. Additionally, the great Orme Copper Mines provide…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…ng gull Larus argentatus and greater black-backed gull Larus marinus, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis. Chough also breed on the cliffs, feeding within the short maritime grassland, and the short-eared owl breeds in the interior of the island, feed…

Duncansby Head

…ttiwake Rissa tridactyla, razorbill Alca torda, puffin Fratercula arctica, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, herring gull Larus argentatus, great black-backed gull Larus marinus and black guillemot Cepphus grylle. Fulmar, guillemot and kittiwake This …

Porth Ceiriad, Porth Neigwl ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal

…eover, it is one of a very few till sites in North Wales to have yielded a radiocarbon date which, although potentially unreliable, provides some evidence to suggest that the area was glaciated during the Late Devensian. Porth Neigwl provides contrasting evidence to the sites at…

Dunnet Head

…ulmar Fulmarus glacialis, razorbill Alca torda, puffin Fratercula arctica, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, herring gull Larus argentatus and great black-backed gull L. marinus. Guillemot Large numbers of guillemot, representing more than 1% of the U…

Berriedale Cliffs

…l Larus marinus, herring gull Larus argentatus, puffin Fratercula arctica, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis and cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.

Headon Warren and West High Down

…y and The Needles support colonies of herring gulls Larus argentatus, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis and small populations of guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda and puffin Fratercula ar…

Gerrans Bay to Camels Cove

…alge), 300 pairs of kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and nearly 200 nests of shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis). Six other bird species include cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and razorbill (Alca torda) are know to breed here.

Forth Islands

…y in the Lothian area while Fidra and the Lamb have the only breeding cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo colony in the region. Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, razorbill Alca torda and guillemot Uria aalge also nest on the three islands as well as great black…

Eastern Isles

…nus, lesser black backed gull L. fuscus, herring gull Larus argentatus and shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis. There are smaller colonies of razorbill Alca torda, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis and a few puffin Fratercula arctica. The Eastern Isles also prov…

Craig Hammel to Sgaps Geo

…ere, including razorbill, guillemot, kittiwake, fulmar Fulmarus glacialis, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, herring gull Larus argentatus, great black-backed gull Larus marinus, black guillemot Cepphus grylle, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and puffin Fratercula arctica. Razorbill,…

Norrard Rocks

…. Mincarlo is of particular note as it supports the largest colony of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo on Scilly. Puffin Fratercula arctica breed on Mincarlo, Castle Bryher and Scilly Rock and there is a large breeding colony of shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis throughout Norrard Rock…

Arfordir Abereiddi

…es of interest are breeding raven Corvus corax, kestrel Falco tinnunculus, shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis, guillemot Uria aalge, razorbill Alca torda, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and fulmar Fulmarus glacialis which nest on the cliffs. The islets around the headland support breedin…

Western Rocks

…y supporting some 11 species of breeding sea birds. The breeding colony of shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis is of national importance; it is also the largest colony of this species in the archipelago, with the colony on Rosevear being of particular note. The island of Gorregan has …

Rostherne Mere

…eshwater. Over 10,000 gulls regularly roost on the water and up to 90 cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo roost in the trees along the edge. Because of its size and depth it is the last freshwater body in the area to freeze in winter and is consequently an important refuge in severe we…

Mersey Narrows

…pres, redshank Tringa totanus and nationally important populations of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo. The Mersey Narrows is located at the mouth of the Mersey Estuary and comprises Seaforth on the north bank and Egremont Foreshore on the south. The two areas are separated by app…

Arfordir Gogleddol Penmon

…king Traeth Coch. This site is of special interest as the type locality for the Carboniferous Limestone Tandinas Formation, defined here at Tandinas Quarry, and which is the thickest and most complete section through this Asbian unit. The succession shows the finest Asbian exampl…

Prawle Point and Start Point

…irlus, breed in the dense scrub, as do kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo on cliff ledges. The intertidal area is a wave-cut platform, the base of which is composed of the same schists which form the high cliffs. The flora and fauna are typical of a ver…

Wraysbury No. 1 Gravel Pit

…ntering bird species including great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and coot Fulica atra. The pit was excavated in the 1950s and is now almost fully mature, with most of the lake margins dominate…

Outer Ards

… number of other species are present in nationally important numbers. Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 5 year average of 221, 4.4 % of the Irish wintering population, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus 82, 2.7% and eider Somateria mollissima 475, 23.8 % occur offshore. Wading sp…

Annet

…a hirundo, herring gull Larus argentatus, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and shag P. aristotelis.

Whiteness Head

… Limosa lapponica, non-breeding Common tern Sterna hirundo, breeding Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, non-breeding Curlew Numenius arquata, non-breeding Goldeneye Bucephala clangula, non-breeding Goosander Mergus merganser, non-breeding Greylag goose Anser anser, non-breeding Osp…

Inner Tay Estuary

…olds nationally important numbers of goldeneye Bucephala clangula and cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo which feed over the inter-tidal sandbanks and mudflats at high tide; cormorant also roost on the sand bars at low water. Although not part of the notified interest, the estuary als…

Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Lower Tweed and Whiteadder

…hat occur include heron Ardea cinerea, goosander Mergus merganser and cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo. The estuary attracts a variety of waders and wildfowl including eider Somateria mollissima, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, dunlin Calidris alpina, oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus…

Coed Nant Mawr

…numbers are sanderling Calidris alba which overwinter at Gronant, and cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo which roost on the foreshore in summer. Of additional interest are the high tide wader roost and winter gull roost at Gronant. The foreshore in summer is also an important roosting…

Froward Point

…lla naevia and whitethroat Sylvia communis present. Gulls Larus spp., cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and shag P. aristotelis breed on the cliffs.

Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits

…igula, pochard Aythya ferina, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, bittern Botaurus stellaris, coot Fulica atra and golden plover Pluvialis apricaria. The Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pit's are considered to be of exceptional significance for the va…

Lough Neagh

…f the Irish population great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus 32.8% ; cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 6.7% ; mute swan Cygnus olor 17.3% ; Bewick's swan Cygnus columbianus 3.7% ; shelduck Tadorna tadorna 2.4% ; gadwall Mareca strepera 14.6% ; teal Anas crecca 1.8% ; mallard Anas pl…

White Mere

…bay willow Salix pentandra occur. This wood is also a major roost for cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo. Pole Wood, a rare species in North Shropshire.

Tayport - Tentsmuir Coast

…onica), non-breeding Common scoter (Melanitta nigra), non-breeding Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), non-breeding Dunlin (Calidris alpina alpina), non-breeding Eider (Somateria mollissima), non-breeding Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), non-breeding Goosander (Mergus merganser), …

Dee Estuary

…ficance. The Dee Estuary also supports nationally important flocks of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, which occur throughout the year and great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, peak numbers of which occur in the autumn during the moult. The Dee Estuary supports extensive areas of…

Dee Estuary / Aber Afon Dyfrdwy

…stuary/Aber Afon Dyfrdwy also supports nationally important flocks of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, which occur throughout the year and great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, peak numbers of which occur in the autumn during the moult. The Dee Estuary/Aber Afon Dyfrdwy supports …

Loch Leven

…spar, is a specialist feeder on carrion, such as dead fish or birds. Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, non-breeding gadwall Mareca strepera, non-breeding Goldeneye Bucephala clangula, non-breeding Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus, non-breeding Pochard Aythya ferina, non-bre…

Strangford Lough Part 3

…and are an integral part of the total ecosystem. Important breeding colonies of Phalacrocorax carbo cormorant within Strangford Lough are found on Bird Island and Black Rock Rinrdufferin. Strangford Lough is the most important breeding site in Ireland for Phoca vitulina common se…

Rosemarkie to Shandwick Coast

…here there is little competition from other species. Breeding Birds: Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) The population of cormorant breeding on the North Sutor is one of the largest in Scotland and the largest in the Inner Moray Firth. The site supports more than 2% of the national …

Wraysbury Reservoir

…eservoir regularly supports nationally important numbers of wintering cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and shoveler Spatula clypeata. The reservoir also support notable numbers of wintering gadwall Mareca strepera.

River Itchen

…the river's resident and most commonly seen fish eating birds, though cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo now increasingly range along the river. Mammals Three native freshwater semi aquatic mammals the water shrew Neomys fodiens, water vole and otter are well established on the Itch…

Godrevy Head to St Agnes

…ession at the time of the Variscan mountain building episode, at the end of the Carboniferous Period. Structures of four of the five main episodes of deformation of south Cornwall are present, affecting an altermation of slates, siltstones and sandstones of the Mylor Slate Format…

Studland Cliffs

…th several species nesting including one of three sites in Dorset for cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and an unusual cliff locality for house martin Delichon urbicum.

Glannau Tonfanau i Friog

…peregrinus and chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax breed along the cliffs. Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo use the cliffs for roosting and most of these are likely to come from the nearby breeding colony at Craig yr Aderyn (Bird Rock) SSSI. At high tide grey seal Halichoerus grypus, har…

Blithfield Reservoir

…mer and smew Mergellus albellus. The sizeable wintering population of cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo at Blithfield has increased over the last two decades, in parallel with a national trend of inland wintering for this species. The concentration of wintering and passage birds attr…

Stour Estuary

…edshank, black-tailed godwit, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, mute swan, dark bellied brent goose, shelduck, pintail, ringed plover and curlew. Ringed plover, dunlin and redshank are regularly found using the Stour Estuary on autumn passage …

Morte Point

…ls Larus spp. and fulmar Fulmarus glacialis breed on the cliffs, with cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and shag P. aristotelis on the lower rocks.

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