Duo-Divers

I dropped into one particular sump in the rock and it was crawling with Flounder (Platicthys flesus) I got one photograph but they were zooming around like irate flying saucers but never left the sump.

A smallish lobster (Homarus gammarus) out for a stroll in-among the kelp and weed.

Looking north from the Haven out to sea and the Inner Farnes, it was really bad, really, really bad!

A pair of Long Clawed Squat Lobster (Munida rugosa) scrapping, not the best of shots because they fled after the first photograph.

Girders and bits and bats that have flattened onto the bed-rock in the main gully

The front end of the helicopter, there are loads of 'things' to see, most of which have been stripped by divers!

A mast, again off into the gloom

Port side again

A Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), this one was hiding in his hole and almost attached to my camera by a piece of string.....as the camera got close he retreated into his hole!

I have never seen this particular species of Starfish (Echioderm) here in the North East although they are common in warm water further south or on the West Coast. Apparently this species is quite ancient.....

When you head 'off-piste' away from the main body there are still large lumps of wreckage

That 'light-bulb' moment, this is the slightly bent bit that made me think 'keel' it doesn't move and has that 'look' about it. I will need to clout and see if it is solid or a 'U' section with wood inside.

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

Debris all around and most unidentifiable, in this case it's a section of hull plating.

The propellor from SS Abessinia, due to the absence of a shaft was it lost 'mid-salvage' or was this the spare cast iron part?

A substantial coupling!

The divers favourite a Tompot Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) it's probably the 'mad hair-cut' that makes them popular.

These weeds 'reached for the surface' and with the small fish swimming about they were like trees and the fish like birds, pretty?