Rathmullan
County Donegal, Letterkenny Municipal District · Ireland
What have people found?
Large sunset clam, wrack siphon weed and prickly cockle turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Variegated scallop, common atlantic slippersnail and common whelk are the usual finds. ~61 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Carrickfinn Beach, 32 miles away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from March and September.
What should you know before visiting?
Customer parking is about 1000 feet away.
Arrive 45 minutes to an hour before low tide and leave as it turns. The water comes back faster than it left.
Grippy shoes beat sandals. Wet rock and algae are more slippery than they look. Tide pool safety
A tide pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The tidepooling code
What lives at Rathmullan?
Species records from iNaturalist
Variegated ScallopMimachlamys varia
Common Atlantic SlippersnailCrepidula fornicata
Common WhelkBuccinum undatum
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Green Sea UrchinPsammechinus miliaris
Turban TopshellGibbula magus
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Great ScallopPecten maximus
Large Sunset ClamGari depressa
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Sand Mason WormLanice conchilega
Wrack Siphon WeedVertebrata lanosa
Prickly CockleAcanthocardia echinata
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
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