Five Finger Strand
County Donegal, Inishowen Municipal District · Ireland
What have people found?
Atlantic beadlet anemone, garden snail and japanese wireweed are the usual finds. ~19 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Portballintrae Beach, 52 kilometers away.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Portballintrae Beach, 52 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and June.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 300 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 Five Finger Strand?
Species records from iNaturalist
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Garden SnailCornu aspersum
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
Brown-lipped SnailCepaea nemoralis
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
ThongweedHimanthalia elongata
Montagu's Stellate BarnacleChthamalus montagui
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Horned wrackFucus ceranoides
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Flat PeriwinkleLittorina obtusata
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
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