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This image gallery shows some of the marine life of Sark's coastal caves and gullies. Sark is the third largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey after Guernsey and Alderney. It is a part of the Channel Islands, which includes also the largest island of Jersey.

More information on Sark's Gouliot Caves can be found in a publication produced by La Societe Guernesiaise. You can find out how to purchase this publication by visiting http://www.biologicalrecordscentre.gov.gg/files/gouliot.html

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sealord > The sponge, Pachymatisma johnstonia, grows on a wall of the Gouliot caves on Sark's west coast. I visited the cave system during a low spring tide on the 12 September 2007. The Gouliot Caves were designated a RAMSAR site in April 2007. ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Sark's Seashore Caves > Botryllus schlosseri Gouliot caves 120907 948 smg
sealord > Sark's Seashore Caves > chiton barnacles Gouliot caves 120907 936 smg
sealord > At low water a painted topshell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, nestles in the stems of the athecate hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, on a wall of the Gouliot Caves on the west coast of Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands, File No. 120907 944 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > I need to confirm the identification of this anemone, which was in a pool on the floor of the Mouton cave on Sark's west coast. I think it is Sagartia. Unfortunately, I didn't look at the column to confirm identification. File No. 120907 852 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This image shows a part of the Gouliot cave system on Sark's west coast. To give a sense of scale a man is walking into the entrance of the cave on the left. Because this was a time exposed image the man's outline is not clear and his head is not visible. Photographed on the 12 September 2007. File No. 120907 973 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Sark's Seashore Caves > Mouton cave Simon Bradshaw 120907 826 smg
sealord > A natural tunnel runs through the Mouton headland on Sark's west coast. This image was taken by holding down the camera on the top of a boulder and using a 13 second time exposure. File No. 120907 830 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sponge, Pachymatisma johnstonia, grows on a wall of the Gouliot caves on Sark's west coast. I visited the cave system during a low spring tide on the 12 September 2007. The Gouliot Caves were designated a RAMSAR site in April 2007.
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
> The sponge, Pachymatisma johnstonia, grows on a wall of the Gouliot caves on Sark's west coast. I visited the cave system during a low spring tide on the 12 September 2007. The Gouliot Caves were designated a RAMSAR site in April 2007. ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sponge, Pachymatisma johnstonia, grows on a wall of the Gouliot caves on Sark's west coast. I visited the cave system during a low spring tide on the 12 September 2007. The Gouliot Caves were designated a RAMSAR site in April 2007.
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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