2014 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Loch Moidart, Lochaber Site Check survey of intertidal sediment flats dataset https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=010_a016830cb1bb5cb4d21c8c5322e2b8db The main purpose of this study was to carry out a Site Check survey (rapid assessment technique - brief form of site condition monitoring) of the intertidal sediment flats of Loch Moidart and Shiel Woods SAC, following the inauguration of site condition monitoring in 2003, to facilitate assessment of the condition of the sediment flat habitats. Site Check of the sediment flats involved checking the presence and sequence of biotopes along the five transects surveyed in 2003. This involved recording data at the 16 relocatable stations along each transect. The sediment type and depth of the anaerobic layer was recorded and the habitat photographed using stills and video cameras. Biota was assessed by digging over areas of sediment and recording abundance recorded on the SACFOR scale. A subsidiary aim of the survey work was to produce a biotope map of the sediment flats. This involved supplementing the Site Check data by walking over the area recording the nature of the substratum and conspicuous biota observed. 20150101