MIKE DILGER’S WILDLIFE WATCHING
Apr 08, 2021
2 minutes
Despite being tricky to walk on and nigh-on impossible to build a sandcastle from, shingle beaches are nevertheless a treasured and familiar part of the UK’s coast. On the worldwide stage, this habitat is also surprisingly rare. Away from the ‘shingle stronghold’ of north-west Europe, Japan and New Zealand are the only countries with large numbers of shingle beaches.
Ecologists classify shingle beach as being composed
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