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Tendring

Essex, England · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Japanese littleneck, oarweed and common atlantic slippersnail turn up here more than at our other rock pools. European green crab, atlantic beadlet anemone and brush-clawed shore crab are the usual finds. ~71 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide for HARWICH, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Tendring for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov8:260.9 min the dark20:341.2 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov9:141.0 min the dark21:211.3 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov10:151.1 min the dark22:241.5 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 March and April.

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 Tendring?

Species records from iNaturalist

European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Brush-clawed Shore CrabHemigrapsus takanoi
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Common Atlantic SlippersnailCrepidula fornicata
Common WhelkBuccinum undatum
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
OarweedLaminaria digitata
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
Japanese LittleneckRuditapes philippinarum
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
Common Moon JellyAurelia aurita
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