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Springfield

Alba / Scotland · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Atlantic beadlet anemone, oarweed and grey mail-shell are the usual finds. ~31 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Predicted tide for Fair Isle, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Springfield for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark7:061.2 min the dark20:001.0 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov7:571.3 min the dark21:061.1 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov9:101.3 min the dark22:231.1 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 May and June.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Springfield?

Species records from iNaturalist

Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
OarweedLaminaria digitata
Grey Mail-shellLepidochitona cinerea
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Dwarf Brittle StarAmphipholis squamata
Spotted SeahareAplysia punctata
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
small cushion starAsterina phylactica
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Pelagic Gooseneck BarnacleLepas anatifera
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Spiral WrackFucus spiralis
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