ROCKPOOLING AND OUT ON THE PEMBROKESHIRE COASTLINE The following page will provide some information on rockpooling and being out and about on the Pembrokeshire coastline. All of the plants and animals seen in the galleries were found in the inter-tidal area of Pembrokeshire's coast. Before going out please check the weather and tides as you can easily be cut off by the in-coming tide. Also wet rocks and seaweeds can be slippery while it is easy to trip and fall on all sorts of the differing terrain present on the sea-shore. Watch out for spiny animals,nipping crabs and scrapes from barnacles. There are a number of things we can and must do when out rockpooling to avoid damaging the habitat and its sensitive flora and fauna. It is important that the rocks are returned to the same position and the same way up in which they were found. They provide a home to a number of marine organisms and must be replaced with care. The same goes for any seaweeds that are moved. Because of the daily movment of tides exposing different parts of the shore for different times, there is a clear zonation of life on the seashore. These boiological zones can sometimes be clearly seen as coloured bands on the rocky shores of pembrokeshire, black tar and orange lichens are present in the splash zone which is followed by a grey coloured zone containing an abudance of barnacles,limpets and other critters. Lower down the shore is a brownish band containing sea weeds. A good website to look at is the British Marine Life Study Society that describes rockpooling in great detail providing information for parents, teachers and students. THIS WEB PAGE WILL BE COMPLEATED SHORTLY-PLEASE CALL BACK. THE PAGE WILL PROVIDE SOME IDEAS OF SPECIFIC BEACHES AND BAYS AND WHAT YOU ARE LIKELY TO SEE THERE. GALLERY