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Glannau Penmon - Biwmares is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (or ''SSSI'') in Anglesey, North Wales. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since January 1957 in an attempt to protect its fragile biological and geological elements.〔(Countryside Council for Wales website (Natural Resources Wales since 2013); ) accessdate: 30 December 2013〕 The site has an area of 170.87 hectares and is managed by Natural Resources Wales. ==Type and features== This SSSI has been notified as being of both geological and biological importance and the following are considered to be of Special Scientific Interest: 1. Communities of animals and plants of mixed sediment and of muddy gravel shores. 2. Four communities of restricted national distribution: * Piddocks burrowed into lower shore limestone overgrown with serrated wrack. * Sponges, sea-squirts and serrated wrack on tide-swept lower shore rock. * Sponges, sea-squirts, red seaweeds and serrated wrack found on a tideswept mixture of mud, sand, cobbles and pebbles. * Lower shore muddy gravel inhabited by a diverse group of small marine worms. 3. Two species-rich communities of marine plants and animals: * Sponges, sea-squirts and sea-mats on bedrock overhangs. * Serrated wrack and various animals under lower shore boulders. 4. A succession of ice-age sediments, exposed in the soft coastal cliffs and foreshore at Lleiniog 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glannau Penmon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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