Uk Diving » Norfolk in August 09 » Sheringham NWT Day

We set up on Sheringham beach for Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Meet the divers event... so we had to dive to prove our credentials. Diving straight off from the beach by the cafe under Cliff Rd car park we headed slightly to the East and found Little Cuttlefish and some great chalk reefs.

The sea was flat and there were plenty of holiday makers...	We had a table on the beach in a quiet area by the rocks	Kate and Jim prepare to brave the knarly surf and swim...	Crabs are romantic beasts, they like to look lovingly...	Dawn found this Weever fish - - quite close to shore....
The highlight of the day was spotting Little Cuttlefish -...	The highlight of the day was spotting Little Cuttlefish -...	Now he's hiding undetectably in the sand.	The highlight of the day was spotting Little Cuttlefish -...	The chalk starts gradually, 50-100m from the waters edge....
Shore crabs - XXX - scamper about on the sand between the...	They're happier once the chalk becomes denser	Soon the odd rocks give way to a bed of chalk - covered...	The chalk isn't continuous, patches of coarse sand fill...	In some places considerable lumps of bedrock stick up...
Where the chalk is higher ridges and gullies clear of...	These rocky areas are a great habitat for all kinds of...	A lot of the chalk covered rocks and boulders are flints	The height of the chalk varies a lot. Much of it is quite...	There are plenty between 0.5m and 1m high, in some places...
These large peaks are well worth a look - by Kate	They are home to the usual Norfolk natives. Common...	Who are quite interested in visitors - Common lobster -...	Most of the lobsters - Homarus gammarus - out on the...	... but still quite fiesty. Common lobster - Homarus...
Though not in the mood for playing - Common lobsters -...	Under the big rock there were lots of Common prawns -...	New things start to appear on the taller rocks, the...	Kate looking for species new to science	The high areas make for an impressively colourful reef -...
Arrrhhh!! Another lobster - Homarus gammarus	Des res... Common lobster - Homarus gammarus - at home	Kate, heading back to shore happy	Sheringham, from just beyond the red markers on the ends...	Hey, what happened to our pleasantly quite corner of the...

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