Duo-Divers

On one particular stone there were loads of Candy striped flatworms (Prostheceraeus vittatus), not sure why as adjacent areas were devoid.

A Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), there are loads about this year (2016) you just have to get your eye in to spot 'em.

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.

The common nudibranch Polycera quadrileata, if there are 'lots' of protrubences at the head then chances are it's a faeroenis!

A Sea Toad (Hyas araneus) hiding in among the Dead- mans fingers

Anchor chain.....

Looking up the sheer 'south' side of the wall, smothered in filter feeders and with plenty of fish in residence.

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

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 typical north east wreck dive, plates, boilers n bits. In this case probably Jan Van Ryswyck although a few vessels have foundered so the bits are somehwhat mixed!

Huzzah, I do like finding a tosheroon, in this case where tide and rock formation have caused a build up of lost fishing weights. You can rapidly find a huge amount of weights if you are scouring a virgin area as there tends to be quite a few of these on any length of reef

Some times all that you see are grip wires sticking out of the sand.......

A shot down the length of the 'horizontal boiler'.

On this shot you can see the ribs and some of the remaining steel hull plate plus the sea-bed, not sure how long it has been since this much sand and rock was washed from the site.