Best anchor gear for East Coast
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LittleSister
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Shanemax said 'Just Googled Pipeweed and the only thing that came up repeatedly was Cannabis so perhaps you can educate me to its real name. cheers'
Sea Chervil/Pipe Weed Alcyonidium diaphanum
Habitat – Attached to rocks, shells or stones from lower shore to ‘shelly’ sands and course grounds offshore; sometimes found washed up on the shore.
Description – Erect colony resembling a small, brown, rubbery finger usually up to 15cm tall; smooth surface, occasionally knobbly; firm gelatinous; small encrusting narrow stalk attaches to hard substratum.
Colour – Variable – usually brown, light honey, yellow, reddish, dark mahogany, grey or colourless.
This is taken from a useful looking guide to Essex shoreline animals and plants (linked below). It appears aimed at people on foot on the shore, so doesn't mention underwater habitats as found in Hamford Water. (Or is it really some other sort of weed found here?)
https://www.essexwtrecords.org.uk/sites/default/files/surveyfiles/EWT6767Shorelineidentguide.pdf
Sea Chervil/Pipe Weed Alcyonidium diaphanum
Habitat – Attached to rocks, shells or stones from lower shore to ‘shelly’ sands and course grounds offshore; sometimes found washed up on the shore.
Description – Erect colony resembling a small, brown, rubbery finger usually up to 15cm tall; smooth surface, occasionally knobbly; firm gelatinous; small encrusting narrow stalk attaches to hard substratum.
Colour – Variable – usually brown, light honey, yellow, reddish, dark mahogany, grey or colourless.
This is taken from a useful looking guide to Essex shoreline animals and plants (linked below). It appears aimed at people on foot on the shore, so doesn't mention underwater habitats as found in Hamford Water. (Or is it really some other sort of weed found here?)
https://www.essexwtrecords.org.uk/sites/default/files/surveyfiles/EWT6767Shorelineidentguide.pdf