UK Diving » 08Aug08 Norfolk Survey Weekend » Vera and Rosalie macro

The next morning conditions were a whole lot better and Dawn chased tiny slugs while Sarah and Rob had a good macro dive around the Rosalie. Nothing too exotic to report but confirmation of business as usual.

On the Vera, Dawn returned to rediscover this tiny Doto...	The wrecks get covered in short brown tubes... made by...	Looks like a sponge from a distance this is a colonial...	There were still loads of Caprella Spp. skeleton shrimps...	The lightbulb squirts were thinning, but not yet rare.
On the Rosalie, the Elegant anemones were still out in...	The edible crabs - Cancer pagarus - were nervous and not...	The Plumose anemones - Metridium senile - continued their...	There are two common types of Club Sea Squirt - this is...	Sponges are very, very variable in shape. This low yellow...
Another Elegant anemone - surrounded by various red algae	A peacock fan worm tube (since someone asked) sprouting...	...and here's one out and about - Sabella pavonina	...and here's the money shot (Dawn made me say it)	There are plenty of Sandmason worms - Lanice conchilega
Dahlia anemone - Urticina felina	The delightful underside of a retracted Dahlia anemone	This spider crab has picked up a bit of everything,...	Good nose!	Can I interest you in a copy of the watchtower - non...
Another rough looking Shore crab - Carcinus maenas	...but this one took the prize. So covered in bryozoans...	'I think we have this room booked until just after...	You can see the serrated rostrum which gives the Common...	This small colonial seasquirt - Didemnum Spp. - often...
At last a slug. Not many of these Flabellina pedata about...	The Janolus cristatus were only slightly more numerous	We just can't have enough of these really	See?

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