Uk Diving » Early Summer East 10 » Cley with Mr Squashy » Longer clay and chalk drift

This longer dive dropped near the end of the chalk, heading West on to the clay. The clay stands in ridges over 1m tall in places and although its not as good looking as the chalk forms a proper reef in its own right.

Finger Bryozoan - Alcyonidium diaphanum - looks fairly...	Even in areas which appear to be sandy hard clay is often...	The clay ridges rise through the sand and gravel	The clay is hard and forms ridges	Some of the slabs and ridges of clay are over 1m high
Common Lobster - Homarus gammarus - under a clay ridge	A Sea Toad - Hyas araneus with Tubularia indivisa - pin...	Cancer pagurus - Edible crab - enjoying a clay bath	Guilty Edible crabs - Cancer pagurus - shacking up in a...	A Common Sun Star - Crossaster papposus (with 14 legs) -...
Crossaster papposus - another Common Sun Star (with 11...	Piddocks - Pholas dactylus - burrowing bivalves sometimes...	Piddocks - Pholas dactylus - growing through a Bryozoan...	The tips of Piddock - Pholas dactylus - shells showing...	A Long Spined Sea Scorpion - Taurulus bubalis, Piddocks -...
Edible Crab - Cancer pagurus - mooching under the clay...	A horribly decorated Sea Toad - Hyas araneus - just by...	I love the way Bloody Henry starfish - Henricia spp -...	the clay ridge is high enough to amount to a reef -...	Plumose Anemone - Metridium senile, Breadcrumb Sponge -...
Common lobster - Homarus gammarus	A Common Lobster - Homarus gammarus - lurking in his...

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