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An Gàrradh Fada

Highland, Alba / Scotland · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Channelled wrack, purple topshell and saw wrack turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Atlantic beadlet anemone, common european limpet and common periwinkle are the usual finds. ~18 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide for Loch Snizort (Uig Bay), from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at An Gàrradh Fada for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark3:571.9 m16:271.9 m
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark4:392.1 min the dark17:182.0 m
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark5:362.3 min the dark18:242.1 m

Every low tide each day, in local time at the shore.

Plan the week in Intertidal
  • A tide chart for every day, with the best window marked
  • Identify what you find from a photo
  • An alert when a good daylight low is coming

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from June and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 500 meters away.
Arrive 45 minutes to an hour before low tide and leave as it turns. The water comes back faster than it left.
Grippy shoes beat sandals. Wet rock and algae are more slippery than they look. Rock pool safety
A rock pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The rockpooling code

What lives at An Gàrradh Fada?

Species records from iNaturalist

Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Channelled WrackPelvetia canaliculata
Purple TopshellSteromphala umbilicalis
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
Spiral WrackFucus spiralis
Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
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