Show Us Your Mussels – View Findings

Clusters and single mussels well tucked in to rocky outcrops at Aberlady Point

Only two living mussels found. Many empty single shells.

Scattered individuals and clusters of blue mussels on East side of rocky outcrop North of Green Craig.

We found 215 unhinged shells.

Only found a few single live mussels - these and a few others - will upload three words. Lots of unhinged single side everywhere along the Longniddry bents coastline.
Took lots of photos but couldn't seem to upload them - buffered.

There were others close to the main cluster. They all seemed alive and healthy and around 5cm long.

These were all about 2cm long, apart from one which was about 2.5cm

South facing rock, only juveniles >5 mm

Clusters of mussels on an artificial surface (concrete covering of sewage pipe).Over a linear stretch of 3.36m, 63 mature mussels were counted measuring up to 7cm. Small juveniles across the area (1mm).

Single rock, covered with clusters of mature(6cm) and juvenile mussels(5mm).

A number of patches with small numbers of individuals on rocks tucked away in crevices. Single intact, mixed size mussel shells found occasionally on the beach. Monitoring those mussels in photo with white cockle shell for scale.

Most of the shore in square 24 was inaccessible. The accessible area were at the eastern and western edges of the square. No live mussels or hinged shells were found, but there were thousands of single dead mussel shells. Hard surfaces in the square were well covered by green and brown seaweeds, limpets, periwinkles and barnacles.

Seabed changed from Western section of Square 13 from sandy/silt to sand at Eastern End of the square lots of shells, Razors, Periwinkles, Cockles and Queen Scallops and old Oyster Shells. Certainly more dead mussel shells as you go further East but still very sparse. Rocky Outcrops covered in Bladder Wrack and kelp but no mussels to be found underneath, lots of old Barnacles and lots of Cockles, more the further East you go.

Happy to check this Square when winter storms have moved kelp and wrack but disappointing to not find one!

There was a second group of clusters for about 20 m from rang, ropes, grant to bravo, fire, foam

Large rock surrounded by sand covered in babies.

Small babies

Babies in an individual rock on all sides and top.

Very few hinged shells apart from this small spot. Lots of individual unhinged shells on the beach itself though.

Multiple smaller clusters and small individuals spread over an area

~10 individual adults (though possibly more - I ran out of time) spread across multiple boulders.

More small beds and clusters spread-out across a wide area on Laackenbae point

Large expanse of clusters/beds of small mussels amongst seaweed and barnacles.

Not one large continuous bed but multiple clusters and a few beds of very small mussels across a wide area.