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Rotvoll

Trøndelag · Norway

What have people found?

Common tower shell, common cockle and northern acorn barnacle turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Knotted wrack, bladder wrack and blue mussel are the usual finds. ~29 distinct species have been recorded here.

Tide

We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from June and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 100 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 Rotvoll?

Species records from iNaturalist

Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
Common CockleCerastoderma edule
Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
Channelled WrackPelvetia canaliculata
Common Tower ShellTurritellinella tricarinata
Flat PeriwinkleLittorina obtusata
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Copse SnailArianta arbustorum
Saw WrackFucus serratus
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