BioBlitz Battle Report - BRPC Beadnell Haven February 2026

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You can view all the wildlife we recorded at this event on iNaturalist here.

Overall Results

Records 191
Species 61
Verified species 49
Observers 7
Verified score 1224
Unverified score 2109
Top species Harmothoe imbricata - Fifteen-scaled Worm
Top species score 29

Event species list

Community verified records only

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Name Rarity Score
Botryllus schlosseri - Star Tunicate 12
Larus - Large White-headed Gulls 3
Haematopus ostralegus - Eurasian Oystercatcher 7
Ardea cinerea - Grey Heron 7
Taurulus bubalis - Longspined Bullhead 13
Buccinum undatum - Common Whelk 8
Nucella lapillus - Atlantic Dogwhelk 8
Trivia monacha - European cowrie 17
Littorina littorea - Common Periwinkle 8
Littorina obtusata - Flat Periwinkle 12
Patella vulgata - Common European Limpet 8
Tectipleura 2
Jorunna tomentosa - Velvet Dorid 18
Archidoris pseudoargus - Sea Lemon 15
Steromphala cineraria - Grey Topshell 11
Steromphala umbilicalis - Purple Topshell 9
Lepidochitona cinerea - Grey Mail-shell 10
Sepia officinalis - European Common Cuttlefish 10
Macoma balthica - Baltic Macoma 17
Semibalanus balanoides - Northern Acorn Barnacle 10
Cancer pagurus - Edible Crab 8
Carcinus maenas - European Green Crab 7
Pagurus bernhardus - Common Hermit Crab 9
Galathea squamifera - Black Squat Lobster 18
Porcellana platycheles - Hairy Porcelain Crab 10
Harmothoe imbricata - Fifteen-scaled Worm 29
Spirobranchus - Christmas Tree Worms 12
Spirorbinae - Spiral Tube Worms 14
Actinia equina - Atlantic Beadlet Anemone 8
Asteroidea - Sea Stars 4
Ophiothrix fragilis - Common Brittle Star 11
Halichondria panicea - Bread-crumb Sponge 15
Ulva lactuca - Broadleaf Sea Lettuce 10
Ulva intestinalis - Gutweed 9
Plocamium cartilagineum - Sea Comb 23
Vertebrata lanosa - Wrack Siphon Weed 16
Osmundea pinnatifida - Pepper Dulse 14
Chondrus crispus - Irish Moss 10
Corallina 7
Lithothamnion - Crustose coralline algae 16
Himanthalia elongata - Thongweed 11
Halidrys siliquosa - Sea-oak 18
Pelvetia canaliculata - Channelled Wrack 10
Fucus vesiculosus - bladder wrack 8
Fucus serratus - Saw Wrack 8
Fucus distichus - Rockweed 27
Ascophyllum nodosum - Knotted Wrack 8
Saccharina latissima - Sugar Kelp 12
Laminaria digitata - Oarweed 12

Team results

Congratulations to Starfish for taking the gold medal in this BioBlitz Battle! And well done to everyone for a great game and some fantastic wildlife finds.

Individual results

Species Potential Score Confirmed Score
steve dixon 26 344 276
kimberleymac1 19 282 172
Sarah 11 161 161
Ava Church 22 393 154
janedixon13june70 28 397 144
matthewj359 27 272 133
mablethorpe 14 150 113

Top species found

A total of 2 species with a rarity score of 27 or higher have verified records:

Harmothoe imbricata - Fifteen-scaled Worm
Score: 29
Found by: kimberleymac1, Sarah, steve dixon
Fucus distichus - Rockweed
Score: 27
Found by: kimberleymac1

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