The UK's seas are home to more than 8000 different marine species. Alex Mustard's spectacular images capture the most dramatic and colourful creatures - from basking sharks in the Inner Hebrides to grey seals in Lundy and the Farne Islands and seahorses off the coast of Dorset.
Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Male Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) in striped breeding colouration, guarding a female as she lays eggs within the seaweeds. Babbacombe Bay, Torbay, Devon, UK, May spawning period. Did you know...
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces below the kelp, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. Did you know? Soft co...
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Pair of Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), female in front of male, during spring spawning season, Babbacombe Bay, Torbay, Devon, UK, May
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Light-bulb sea squirts (Clavelina lepadiformis), a colonial filter feeding invertebrate, fluoresce green when photographed under deep blue light. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? Se...
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / A tiny amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) living on Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Close-up of Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina / Tealia felina, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, August 2011
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Scuba diver exploring a sea cave beneath Giants Legs, Bressay, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Comb jelly / Sea gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) in open water. The feathery tentacles are used for capturing prey and can be extended behind the jellyfish or completely retracted. Loch Carron, Ross...
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Mouth and tentacles of Jewel anemone (Corynactis viridis) photographed under blue light to show fluorescence, Plymouth Sound, Devon, UK, July
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Group of Jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis) photographed under blue light to show their fluorescence, Plymouth Sound, Devon, UK, July
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Nudibranch (Polycera quadrilineata) portrait on a kelp frond, Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Atlantic wolf fish (Anarhichas lupus) in a rock crevice, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011
