May 2009

On Sunday 3rd May, a team of Seasearch divers visited the site. The seagrass looked in good health and there were a few surprise visitors...


Photo: A. punctata by Mitchell Neilly

...If you look very closely you can see two sea hares (Aplysia punctata) one on top of the other. There were lots of them around in the seagrass bed; I counted 16 alone but there were lots more. Angie Gall of the Wildlife Trust also spotted a clingfish (Lepadogaster lepadogaster) attached to one of the seagrass blades.