Outline map

Chesil Beach and Fleet picture gallery

Underwater

Sea lemon

Nudibranch egg case with sea lemon (Archidoris pseudoargus) in background. The egg case has been laid on the small buoy used to mark a datalogger.

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29/4/2006

Peacock worm

Peacock worm (Sabella pavonia) in shallow water on the Chesil Side of the lower Fleet. These tube worms are fairly common in the lower Fleet.

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27/5/2005

  Daisy anenome

Daisy anenome (Cereus pedunculatus) on sandy mud on the edge of the main channel in the lower Fleet.

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11/6/2005

  Snakelocks anenome

Snakelocks anenome (Anemonia viridis) on bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus). Within the pebbles on the Chesil shoreline of the Fleet there are areas with footholds for the bladder wrack to anchor and grow.

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29/4/2006

  Sponges

Marine life on the crossbar of a wrecked pontoon. There is a light-bulb ascidian (Clavelina lepadiformis) bottom right.

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20/4/2007

 
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