Ecological Significance
The strandline is an important habitat for a variety of animals. In parts of the United Kingdom, Sandhoppers such as Talitrus saltator, and the seaweed fly Coelopa frigida are abundant in the rotting seaweed, and these invertebrates provide food for shore birds such as the rock pipit, turnstone and pied wagtail, and mammals such as brown hares, foxes, voles and mice.
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