Duo-Divers

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!

A close up inside the mantle of a Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) in this case it was obviously on the way out with no stingers and a large hole where something had tried to eat it. This allowed me to get quite close and get some nice shots of the structure around the mantle. By the start of October the beaches up here are covered in dead jellies, sad and potentially dangerous for children.

One of the spotting masts, I am assuming that there is a ladder inside for the crew to climb up to the exposed station located high above the deck

The first anchor, of an early Danforth pattern!

A shoal of immature Bib (Trisopterus luscus) this shoal was always around a particular large rock on the site, not sure why, guess that there is a subtle current split or join?

The bows of SS Breda, or at least the very front of the cut down bow section after she was wire cut to 28ft.

A silver half crown and another later cupronickel alloy 'silver' coin, possibly a florin?

A close up of the winching arrangement showing the spoked section which is at the northern end of the 'lump'

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.

Large areas of the wreck are now down to the ribs, as can be seen on this shot

On the West side of the site, towards the North end. It looks ideal for scallops but no sign of any or indeed empty predated shells.

Arty-farty shot of a pinnacle

A pile of coins! From a modern 20p piece to some very old stuff it collects and stays there until such a time as the sand is moved by a storm

You do need sharp eyes as frequently all that is visible, poking through tiny pockets of sand, are the stainless steel grip leads.

This Pink (or Northern) Prawn (Pandalus montagui) was being actively stalked by a Common Lobster (Homarus Gammarus), you can see the lobbies claws!

This is the lair and just visible part of the Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) that lives there, if you look in some of the 'squattie burrows' quite a few contain octopus that have eaten the original owner and set up shop!

A stowed tangle net, complete with part decayed guillimot.

Winter 2019 and a young pup that went the wrong direction and hauled out at Beadnell Haven, not an issue in these enlightened times but twenty years ago it would have been one foot of a fluffy pair of slippers!

This one has only recently been 'ditched' by it's mother so is learning to fend for itself and looking around for some space and food!

The tosheroon just after I have started scratting, you can see some scrap iron in the foreground, no interest to me!

These weeds 'reached for the surface' and with the small fish swimming about they were like trees and the fish like birds, this time with the pier steps shown going into the water.

Treasure!

In this case a small herringbone silver chain, it'll go nice as a necklace on the silver 'art deco' figure that I blagged from SS Breda!

Looking from the 'end' of the first reef out to sea. There is a band of sand then another line of rocks and reef

Again, great vis as you can see with two divers among the ribs and spars

I had to add one shot of wreckage that could be identified, so you have the stern of SS Rondo which of course you recognised despite the dirty water!