UK Diving » Lundy May 08 A » Day 2 Needle Rock and Gull Rock

The second day was very foggy and the underwater conditions were only 'average' but now we had our eyes in there seemed to be even more wildlife than the first.

This Bloody Henry starfish - Henricia Spp - is lying low...	A fairly irate common lobster - Homarus gammarus - tries...	Two little peach flavoured Devonshire cup corals -...	A Sand brittlestar, probably Ophuria albida - having a...	One of my favourites, the Moon jelly - Aurelia aurata -...
It catches the light quite nicely too!	A Violet sea slug - Flabelina pedata - ruthelessly hunts...	The very similar Coryphella brownii has a white body and...	Here's a really nice example of a feathery hydroid, most...	The very smallest (and most nervous) Tompot blenny -...
At the end of the dive, we came to an enormous wall...	This one seems to have its own internal lighting.	The Crystal sea slug - Janolus cristatus - comes in a...	This one is paler with more rounded cerata (dreadlocks).	And this one is the rarer golden colourway.
This Yellow edged polycera - Polycera faeroensis - is...	This spikey little soul is Crimora papillata, another...	Here's the Orange clubbed sea slug - Limacia clavigera -...	The first time we've ever seen one of these! This is...	This is the Candy striped flatworm - Prostheceraeus...
This probably should have been the before picture...	Either an Elegant anemone - Sargatia elegans - or...	At last a nice full frontal of Diaphorodoris luteocincta...	The perfect time to celebrate with another! Diaphorodoris...	It seems they celebrate when they meet up too :-)
A macro lens isn't ideal for showing the full fan of a...	The wavy pink eggs of Doto fragilis are a sign that they...	Doto fragilis can look pretty perky	These tiny slugs maybe Doto maculata - because they have...	...its difficult to make a positive ID though the brown...
At least the Yellow cluster anemones - Parazooanthus...	Obsession II was a really good boat... short on good...

32 Images | © JAlbum & Chameleon | Help