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Girdle Ness

Aberdeen City, Alba / Scotland · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Oarweed, blue-rayed limpet and dahlia anemone turn up here more than at our other rock pools. European green crab, channelled wrack and atlantic beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~47 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide for ABERDEEN, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Girdle Ness for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov10:181.8 min the dark22:571.6 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov11:082.0 min the dark23:561.7 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov12:132.1 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 April and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 200 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 Girdle Ness?

Species records from iNaturalist

European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Channelled WrackPelvetia canaliculata
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Idotea granulosaIdotea granulosa
Dahlia AnemoneUrticina felina
Blue-rayed LimpetPatella pellucida
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
OarweedLaminaria digitata
Garden SnailCornu aspersum
barnacle-eating doridOnchidoris bilamellata
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
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