Glannau Penmon
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
  Location within Wales | |
| Area of Search | West Gwynedd |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SH6211778674 |
| Coordinates | 53°17′13″N 4°04′11″W / 53.287045°N 4.0698415°WCoordinates: 53°17′13″N 4°04′11″W / 53.287045°N 4.0698415°W |
| Interest | Biological and Geological |
| Area | 170.87 ha |
| Notification | 1957 |
Glannau Penmon - Biwmares is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (or SSSI) in Anglesey, North Wales. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since January 1957 in an attempt to protect its fragile biological and geological elements.[1] The site has an area of 170.87 hectares and is managed by Natural Resources Wales.
Type and features
This SSSI has been notified as being of both geological and biological importance and the following are considered to be of Special Scientific Interest:
1. Communities of animals and plants of mixed sediment and of muddy gravel shores.
2. Four communities of restricted national distribution:
- Piddocks burrowed into lower shore limestone overgrown with serrated wrack.
- Sponges, sea-squirts and serrated wrack on tide-swept lower shore rock.
- Sponges, sea-squirts, red seaweeds and serrated wrack found on a tideswept mixture of mud, sand, cobbles and pebbles.
- Lower shore muddy gravel inhabited by a diverse group of small marine
worms.
3. Two species-rich communities of marine plants and animals:
- Sponges, sea-squirts and sea-mats on bedrock overhangs.
- Serrated wrack and various animals under lower shore boulders.
4. A succession of ice-age sediments, exposed in the soft coastal cliffs and foreshore at Lleiniog
See also
References
- ↑ Countryside Council for Wales website (Natural Resources Wales since 2013); accessdate: 30 December 2013