|Basic Information||Biotope classification||Ecology||Habitat
preferences and distribution||Species
composition||Sensitivity||Importance| Image Joint Nature
Conservation Committee - View across a cockle strand (biotope
LMS.Pcer). Image width foreground ca 10 m. Image copyright
information LS.LMS.MS recorded () and expected () distribution
in Britain and Ireland (see below) EC Habitats Directive UK
Biodiversity Action Plan |Habitat Directive feature (Annex
1)||Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
Large shallow inlets and bays Intertidal areas are well-defined
juvenile fish nursery areas (Costa & Elliot, 1991). Mud and
sandflats are important nursery areas for plaice, smaller fish
settling on mudflats and larger fish found on sandflats. Mud and
sandflats are feeding areas for sea bass and flounder.
Intertidal areas are important migration routes for salmon and
shad. Intertidal mud flats are important wintering and migratory
feeding grounds for wildfowl. Dependant species include brent
geese