Source: Gunnleyg
Eldevig, Angela Davis and George Taylor of Weymouth
College (see below).
The rocky shelf
is only flooded at high tide. A lot of the rocky shelf is covered
by seaweed. Underneath the seaweed there is rich animal life
in the cracks and channels along the rocks.
Edible Winkle: These are found on rocks and stones
around the mid-tide rocky shelf and feed mainly on the algae
on rocks.
Blenny: They are small fishes which change colour
to match their surroundings. They live among rocks and feed
on Barnacles, small crabs and other shell animals. They
have very strong jaws with which to break up a number of
different kinds of shell animals.
Rough Winkle: These are smaller than their relative
the Edible Winkle and have lighter colours. They feed on
seaweed and live in crevices in rocks.
Flat Winkle: As their name suggests, Flat Winkles
are smoother than the Rough and Edible Winkle and are of
a variety of colours including yellow and red. They live
on seaweed, which is their main food source
Blenny
Serrated Wrack
Dogwhelk: They are also known as Nucella.
They are creamy-grey in colour and are found in crevices
and rocks. They live near Barnacles which they feed on.
Edible Crab: They live among rocks and in deep
water and are orange-brown in colour. They have two huge
pincers at the front plus four hairy legs on either side.
They feed on other shellfish but are also great scavengers.
Serrated Wrack: This seaweed lives as separate
male and female plants which differ in colour, the male
is more darker-brown than the female. They occupy rocks
and are home to many small animals such as Spirorbid Worms.
Bladder Wrack: These are larger than the Serrated
Wrack and are covered in small air sacks. They occupy rocks
and make food via photosynthesis
