A lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus conicula), well actually there were half a dozen under the plate!

Arty-farty alert!

A shot looking up the wall of the Point in about 9m of water, the kelp which lives on the vertical face is obvious, the barnacle band not so.

To hold the cascabels I found some model bearing holders in cast brass that worked loverly!

Trunions marked up and second containment done.....

The results of a successful 'bilge hunt' on Mistley, teh exposed surface of the pipe is nice and grey, the section concreted in to the rock and rust tends to be black and horrible.

A general topographical shot, there are several large stone pinnacles on the site, the largest rising maybe 4m from the seabed and with a circumference of 50m. They do degrade over time as they are formed from a softish rock and do receive a battering every year from Southerly and Easterly storms. They are however perfect lobster ground with their huge number of cracks and crevices!

Now I have been doing some research and perhaps these 'spotty' sea hare (Aplysia punctuate) are in-fact 'green' sea slugs (Elysia viridis) I have noted the word green as apparently they are coloured based on their food, pretty much like the sea hare but have characteristic small spots of iridescence. Maybe further investigation?

A Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), this one was sitting out in the open.

The anchor chain, you can see a link here, is wrapped around the vessel and with the shot-line tied at one side it really is 'difficult to loose the line and have to do a blue water ascent.

An Atlantic Cod (Gaulus mortua) this one was not hiding in a hole or crevice

A Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber) hiding under a Dead Mans Finger (Alcyonium digitatum), there can be quite a few creepy crawlies hidden away you simply have to take the time and look!

A very scenic dip with dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) covering hard rock with boulders in some of the larger gullies.

A Short Spined Sea-Scorpion (Myoxocephalus scorpius), a nice 'easy' fish to get nice photographs of, as you can probably tell if you go through all of the albums.

Sea Hare (aplysia punctata) you get loads and loads of them on the south side of the point feeding and breeding!

And when you reach the 'bootlace' seaweed you know that the exit point is near, if in doubt stick your head up, the depth will be down to between one and two meters now depending on the tide.

working down the wreck it's pretty intact so you do get to see the ship even though it's at ninety degrees to the norm

As well as lobsters there are also crabs hiding among the rocks and stuff

Scrapyard, if you look carefully you will be able to see Albert Steptoe, he's a dirty old man!