4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135303734 English NRW_DS109834 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2026-03-03T12:51:16.836Z NRW 1.0 wel British National Grid (EPSG::27700) Intertidal Monitoring of Boulders Habitat in the Menai Strait and Colwyn Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 2009 Intertidal Monitoring of Boulders Habitat in the Menai Strait and Colwyn Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 2009 Gwaith monitro rhynglanwol ar gynefin clogfeini llanwol yn ACA Y Fenai a Bae Conwy yn 2009 2009 CCW / ASML Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC boulder monitoring Britannia Bridge and Felinheli MRCCW16300000021 2010-11-30 NRW_DS115074 The Habitats Directive establishes that the management of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) should aim to achieve the favourable conservation status of habitat and species features listed within its Annex I and Annex II. For SACs in Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) is therefore required to report on a regular basis on whether features are in favourable conservation status. To do this CCW has developed a programme of feature condition monitoring.In Menai Strait & Conwy Bay SAC the relevant Annex I intertidal habitat features are Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide and Reefs. Specific areas of interest include areas of tide-swept bedrock and boulders and areas of tide-swept Fucus serratus on mixed sediment along the Menai Strait. The overriding objective of the survey was to establish the reference condition for the Menai Strait & Conwy Bay SAC, using established monitoring stations (and establishing additional monitoring stations) to describe natural and unnatural changes in the communities. This will enable the development of conservation objectives for the appropriate management of the features of the SAC. This data was collected to build on the surveys conducted in 2005, 2007 and 2008 to further test and develop monitoring methodology and collect monitoring data. The Habitats Directive establishes that the management of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) should aim to achieve the favourable conservation status of habitat and species features listed within its Annex I and Annex II. For SACs in Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) is therefore required to report on a regular basis on whether features are in favourable conservation status. To do this CCW has developed a programme of feature condition monitoring.In Menai Strait & Conwy Bay SAC the relevant Annex I intertidal habitat features are Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide and Reefs. Specific areas of interest include areas of tide-swept bedrock and boulders and areas of tide-swept Fucus serratus on mixed sediment along the Menai Strait. The overriding objective of the survey was to establish the reference condition for the Menai Strait & Conwy Bay SAC, using established monitoring stations (and establishing additional monitoring stations) to describe natural and unnatural changes in the communities. This will enable the development of conservation objectives for the appropriate management of the features of the SAC. This data was collected to build on the surveys conducted in 2005, 2007 and 2008 to further test and develop monitoring methodology and collect monitoring data. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Countryside Council for Wales (CCW). Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Group Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@ccw.gov.uk http://www.ccw.gov.uk Aquatic Survey and Monitoring Ltd (ASML) Whitfield Brow, Bollihope, Frosterley, Weardale, Co. Durham, DL13 2SZ, England tom@aquatic-environments.co.uk http://www.marineseen.com/aquatic_survey_and_monitoring.htm Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme boulders Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC underboulder intertidal NRW Thesaurus 2025-01-08 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2024-06-19 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. no limitations © CNC/NRW 2010 There are no use restrictions on this data. Recipients may re-use, reproduce, disseminate this data free of charge in any format or medium, provided they do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright, and do not use it in a misleading context. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose, that dissemination or publishing does not result in duplication, and that it is fairly interpreted. Advice on interpretation should be sought where required. To avoid re-using old data, users should periodically obtain the latest version from the original source. English biota SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 benthic boundary layer GWYNEDD - GWYNEDD -4.22971728 -4.18042533 53.1832631 53.219164 2009-06-22 2009-06-25 Intertidal SAC monitoring Menai Strait and Conwy Bay SAC : June 2009 Database [A] Digital versions of the contract report: Microsoft Word document(s); and an equivalent Adobe Portable Document Format version. [B] Excel spreadsheets of data - Raw data for 2009, including sample and species information. [C] Marine Recorder file [MRCCW16300000021] [D] Photographs of the site and stations Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation. false A survey strategy and methodology for the Menai Strait tide-swept boulder sites was developed by ASML and CCW for the 2007 survey and expanded to Felinheli for the 2008 survey. Tide-swept boulder habitats which had been studied in 2005 (both sites) and 2007 (Britannia Bridge only) were surveyed. In-situ recording of all species on a minimum of 5 boulders at each sampling stations was undertaken. Boulders were previously studied at Britannia Bridge in 2005 and 2007 and at Felinheli in 2007. A survey strategy and methodology for the Menai Strait tide-swept boulder sites was developed by ASML and CCW for the 2007 survey and expanded to Felinheli for the 2008 survey. Tide-swept boulder habitats which had been studied in 2005 (both sites) and 2007 (Britannia Bridge only) were surveyed. In-situ recording of all species on a minimum of 5 boulders at each sampling stations was undertaken. Boulders were previously studied at Britannia Bridge in 2005 and 2007 and at Felinheli in 2007.