BioBlitz Battle Report - BRPC Lee-on-the-Solent June 2026

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

Overall Results

Records 122
Species 56
Verified species 46
Observers 12
Verified score 1685
Unverified score 1972
Top species Ammothea hilgendorfi - Hilgendorf’s Sea Spider
Top species score 69

Team results

Congratulations to Sea Slug Fan Club 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
Emma Turner 22 401 329
Zoe Caals 17 403 324
soph_c 15 297 297
domoyeo 11 219 139
mbray61 7 157 125
Kitty Turner 7 106 71
anna_and_grace 8 100 67
enizolak 5 62 62
jessmwalton 5 60 52
stephb123 5 52 44
karyn03 1 40 40
sarah_lockett 2 25 25

Top species found

A total of 3 species with a rarity score of 42 or higher have verified records:

Ammothea hilgendorfi - Hilgendorf's Sea Spider
Score: 69
Found by: soph_c
Acanthocardia paucicostata - poorly-ribbed cockle
Score: 69
Found by: Emma Turner, mbray61, Zoe Caals
Pagurus cuanensis - Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab
Score: 42
Found by: domoyeo, Kitty Turner

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Event species list

Community verified records only

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Name Rarity Score
Dendrodoa grossularia - Baked Bean Ascidian 27
Styela clava - Stalked Sea Squirt 31
Lipophrys pholis - Shanny 8
Ciliata mustela - Five-bearded Rockling 16
Tritia reticulata - Netted Dogwhelk 13
Buccinum undatum - Common Whelk 8
Ocenebra erinaceus - European Sting Winkle 15
Nucella lapillus - Atlantic Dogwhelk 8
Littorina littorea - Common Periwinkle 8
Euspira catena - Large Necklace Shell 18
Patella - Patella Limpets 7
Cephalaspidea - Bubble Snails and Allies 26
Calliostoma zizyphinum - European Painted Top Shell 12
Steromphala umbilicalis - Purple Topshell 9
Lepidochitona cinerea - Grey Mail-shell 10
Sepia officinalis - European Common Cuttlefish 10
Acanthocardia paucicostata - poorly-ribbed cockle 69
Mercenaria mercenaria - Northern Quahog 40
Ruditapes philippinarum - Japanese Littleneck 23
Ensis 10
Pholas dactylus - Common piddock 26
Magallana gigas - Pacific Oyster 11
Aequipecten opercularis - Queen scallop 18
Pecten maximus - Great Scallop 14
Mimachlamys varia - Variegated Scallop 15
Anomia ephippium 27
Ammothea hilgendorfi - Hilgendorf’s Sea Spider 69
Macropodia rostrata - Long-legged Spider Crab 26
Maja brachydactyla - Spiny Spider Crab 10
Carcinus maenas - European Green Crab 7
Pagurus cuanensis - Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab 42
Pagurus bernhardus - Common Hermit Crab 9
Crangon crangon - Brown Shrimp 20
Palaemon - Glass Shrimps 9
Athanas nitescens - Hooded Shrimp 33
Hippolyte 27
Sabellida 9
Lanice conchilega - Sand Mason Worm 14
Anemonia viridis - snakelocks anemone 8
Actinia equina - Atlantic Beadlet Anemone 8
Urticina felina - Dahlia Anemone 13
Cereus pedunculatus - Daisy Anemone 16
Asterias rubens - Common Sea Star 9
Halichondria panicea - Bread-crumb Sponge 15
Ulva lactuca - Broadleaf Sea Lettuce 10
Saccharina latissima - Sugar Kelp 12