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North Shoebury

Essex, England · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Brush-clawed shore crab, japanese littleneck and common cockle turn up here more than at our other rock pools. European green crab, common periwinkle and atlantic beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~54 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide for Southend-On-Sea, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at North Shoebury for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov9:291.1 min the dark21:291.4 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov10:071.2 min the dark22:131.6 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov10:561.3 min the dark23:111.8 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 July and December.

What should you know before visiting?

Paid parking is about 150 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 North Shoebury?

Species records from iNaturalist

European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
Common CockleCerastoderma edule
Grey Mail-shellLepidochitona cinerea
Brush-clawed Shore CrabHemigrapsus takanoi
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
Common WhelkBuccinum undatum
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Beaked BarnacleAustrominius modestus
Sand Mason WormLanice conchilega
Japanese LittleneckRuditapes philippinarum
Broadleaf Sea LettuceUlva lactuca
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
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