Shingle Beach

Relax to gentle waves breaking against a rocky shore. A shingle beach is covered with pebbles or small to medium sized stones. This type of beach is most commonly associated with Western Europe but can be found in Bahrain, the United States and in a number of other world regions such as the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. The ecosystems formed by this association of rock and sand allow colonization by a variety of rare and endangered species.