BioBlitz Battle Report - Rescheduled BRPC Lee on the Solent October 2026

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You can view all the wildlife recorded at this event on iNaturalist.

Overall Results

Records 77
Species 43
Verified species 39
Observers 3
Potential score 711
Confirmed score 623
Top verified species Acanthocardia paucicostata
Top species rarity score 69
Registered participants 5
Children attending 3

Team results

Congratulations to Poddlings for taking the gold medal in this BioBlitz Battle! And well done to everyone for a great game and some fantastic wildlife finds.

Team Records Potential Score Confirmed Score
Poddlings 48 640 540
Sandyshocks 28 215 206
Cuttlefish Cuddlers 1 9 9

Individual results

Participant Records Potential Score Confirmed Score
jerrypt 48 640 540
soph_c 28 215 206
Ian Creasey 1 9 9

Top species found

A total of 5 species have a verified rarity score of 30 or higher.

poorly-ribbed cockle - Acanthocardia paucicostata
Rarity score: 69
Discovered by: jerrypt
fig sponge - Suberites ficus
Rarity score: 42
Discovered by: jerrypt
Quahogs - Mercenaria
Rarity score: 39
Discovered by: jerrypt
Stalked Sea Squirt - Styela clava
Rarity score: 31
Discovered by: soph_c
Sea Lettuce - Ulva rigida
Rarity score: 30
Discovered by: jerrypt

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Event species list

Community verified records only

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Name Rarity Score
poorly-ribbed cockle - Acanthocardia paucicostata 69
fig sponge - Suberites ficus 42
Quahogs - Mercenaria 39
Stalked Sea Squirt - Styela clava 31
Sea Lettuce - Ulva rigida 30
Baked Bean Ascidian - Dendrodoa grossularia 27
Common piddock - Pholas dactylus 26
Eelgrass - Zostera marina 22
Queen scallop - Aequipecten opercularis 18
Prickly Cockle - Acanthocardia echinata 16
Variegated Scallop - Mimachlamys varia 15
European Sting Winkle - Ocenebra erinaceus 15
Pullet Carpet Shell - Venerupis corrugata 15
Sand Mason Worm - Lanice conchilega 14
Pepper Dulse - Osmundea pinnatifida 14
Dulse - Palmaria palmata 14
Keeled Tubeworm - Spirobranchus triqueter 14
Netted Dogwhelk - Tritia reticulata 13
European Painted Top Shell - Calliostoma zizyphinum 12
Common Atlantic Slippersnail - Crepidula fornicata 11
Pacific Oyster - Magallana gigas 11
European Flat Oyster - Ostrea edulis 11
Irish Moss - Chondrus crispus 10
Japanese Wireweed - Sargassum muticum 10
Common Sea Star - Asterias rubens 9
Common Cockle - Cerastoderma edule 9
Common Coralline - Corallina officinalis 9
Velvet Swimming Crab - Necora puber 9
Jacknives and Razor Clams - Solenoidea 9
Purple Topshell - Steromphala umbilicalis 9
Atlantic Beadlet Anemone - Actinia equina 8
snakelocks anemone - Anemonia viridis 8
Knotted Wrack - Ascophyllum nodosum 8
Common Whelk - Buccinum undatum 8
Barnacles - Cirripedia 8
Common Periwinkle - Littorina littorea 8
Common European Limpet - Patella vulgata 8
European Green Crab - Carcinus maenas 7
Eurasian Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus 7