Duo-Divers

Feedin' the wrasse!!

In this case Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) on a smashed edible sea urchin (Echinus esculentus), don't try this at home kids.

You get two colours of Plumose Anemone (Metridium senile) white and orange, both look like cold willies when closed up but very pretty when open and feeding!

Feedin' the wrasse!!

In this case Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) on a smashed edible sea urchin (Echinus esculentus), don't try this at home kids.

A good old RAF roundal...used everywhere apart from the pacific in WW2 (apparently they looked too much like the Japanese 'meatball')

A Marbled swimming crab (Liocarcinus marmoreus), very similar to the velvet swimming crab, maybe a touch lighter in colour

A Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) these are always good subjects and whilst they may 'nip' inside their shells when you approach it isn't long before the peep out again!

More bits in the jumble of machinery

You can see the sweep of the bow on this shot and a few of the ribs sticking out of the sand

When there is a bit of a tide running and some plankton in the water the tentacles on the Edible Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus) do seem to extend a long, long way as they pick up food.

The barrels just 'go off' into the gloom, wow!

This site is home to a multitude of Common Hermit Crabs (pagurus bernhardus)

Another gratuitous 'bow shot' this wreck is real nice and in quite good condition!

This piece stands proud of the seabed maybe eight feet and forms a large H, not sure what it is though....

A colour shot of another breech assembly

The entry to the tunnel, it's straight with no real hazards but when you go in you cant see the end so not for the faint hearted!

A Long Clawed Squat Lobster (Munida rugosa) this one had set up shop in an old broken bottle which I guess forms a good and secure home.

A view into the propellor shaft, simply taking a bearing along the shaft and follow over the sand and you will reach the other part of the wreck

I was stuck three days in this because I decided to stay overnight after picking up the piece of ancient wood that was the winter project 2018/19, was it worth it? Probably.