2016 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Southannan Sands SSSI intertidal survey

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16 June 2025
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Summary

The purpose of this intertidal survey work, undertaken by SNH, was to monitor the sandflats feature of the Southannan Sands SSSI. This survey took place over three days in July 2016. The purpose of this monitoring survey was to improve knowledge of the occurrence and distribution of species and habitats - sandflats are a protected feature of this site and component habitats include intertidal seagrass beds and blue mussel beds (both of which are PMFs). Intertidal core samples were collected on three shores, one transect was surveyed on each shore.

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2025-06-10
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Not for use in navigation. This survey recorded no species or biotope occurrences that SNH consider as sensitive; all records may therefore be released in response to requests covered by Environmental Information Regulations or Freedom of Information Regulations; additionally its re-use and dissemination is permissible under Open Government Licence terms. Any re-use of this data will acknowledge the copyright owner.
Harvest GUID
bf5c7144054a8b489fd8d34018ed5367
Extent
Latitude: 55.7512° to °
Longitude: -4.8983° to -4.8575°
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Dataset reference date
2018-01-01 (publication)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters (owner, originator); NatureScot (HQ Inverness) (custodian); Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) (distributor)
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eng
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