Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores
Description (English)
Sea-cliffs, their faces, ledges and associated caves, rocky shores and isolated seaside rocks, of the Atlantic temperate region, including the North Sea, the English Channel, the Irish Sea and the Bay of Biscay, along the coasts of Scandinavia south of the Arctic Circle, of the Faeroes, of the British Isles and their outlying archipelagoes, of mainland Europe south to Galicia. They are the breeding, resting or feeding places of great numbers of seabirds and sea-mammals, of which Halichoerus grypus, Sula bassana, Uria aalge, Alca torda, Rissa tridactyla, Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis are characteristic.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code N313 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Alca torda | Razorbill | Birds |
Rissa tridactyla | Kittiwake | Birds |
Sula bassana | Birds | |
Uria aalge | Guillemot | Birds |
Halichoerus grypus | Grey seal | Mammals |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | B3.23 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | wider |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | B3.23 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | B3.23 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | B3.23 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | B3.23 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | B3.23 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B7.13 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 18.13 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 18.13 | Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 18.13 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 18.13 | same |