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Values 'Soft' sea cliffs - State 2, semi-mobile
- Nature conservation
Depending on the periodicity of movement these semi-mobile (State
2) cliffs will support a variety of plants and animals of open and
closed conditions. These range from specialist invertebrates to a number of
plants of wet conditions and drier, open habitats suitable for several orchid
species. The specialist invertebrates include solitary bees and wasps which
nest in the wet muds. Other invertebrates include:
| Species |
Habitat |
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Cicindela germanica (a ground beetle),
Baris analis (a weevil), Saldula
arenicola (shore bug) and Melitaea
sinxia (Glanville fritillary)
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Combination of micro-habitats - friable soils, hot substrates
and open conditions |
| Gonomyia bradleyi &
Helius hispanicus (craneflies) and Sphaerius
acaroides (a water beetle) |
Wet pools and seepage zones |
- Landscape and recreation
The high cliffs may have considerable landscape and recreational value, such
as those of the south coast of the Isle of Wight. As erosion is part of the
process of maintaining the cliff structure the values of eroding (State
1) cliffs are also present here.
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