part of the Anglesey Coastal Nature Reserves Project

 
 

Wildlife at Cemlyn

There's a huge variety of wildlife at Cemlyn Nature Reserve.
Click on the images (right) to find out more...




 
Terns
Other
birds
Other
animals
Underwater
life
Plants
           
 

Underwater Life
The coastline of Cemlyn includes areas of shingle, sand and exposed rocky shore. These provide habitats for a variety of marine life including sea-anemones, crabs, prawns, blennies, butterfish, winkles, whelks, limpets, coastal lichens and a range of seaweeds. e.g. kelp.

The lagoon, with its changing mixture of fresh and salt water is a challenging environment, but Grey Mullet and Eels thrive in the brackish conditions. In fact Cemlyn is one of the top sites for specialised saline lagoon wildlife including shrimps and molluscs, and waterplants like Tassel Pondweed.

Limpets
Ben Stammers
     


 
Kelp Forest
CCW, Blaise Bullimore
 
Tassel Pondweed Meadow
JNCC, Sue Scott
 
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