Reportages - Faune sous-marine anglaise (33) Images supplémentaires...
Why take a long-haul flight when you can get up close and personal to amazing underwater life at home? From the Shetlands to the Channel Islands, UK waters hold an astounding array of marine wildlife, with an impressive variety of diving schools to boot. With more and more people choosing to holiday closer to home, and global sea temperatures rising, now is the time to discover the oceans that surround our little island. This colourful, picture-led article features sharks, jellyfish, corals and more.

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Basking shark feeding off the Cornish coastline. Cornwall, UK.
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Dan Burton / Basking shark feeding off the Cornish coastline. Cornwall, UK.
Jewel anemone {Corynactis viridis} tentacles open, underwater, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Jewel anemone {Corynactis viridis} tentacles open, underwater, Channel Islands, UK
Diver with Warty / Pink sea fan coral {Eunicella verrucosa} Channel Islands, UK. Model Released.
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Sue Daly / Diver with Warty / Pink sea fan coral {Eunicella verrucosa} Channel Islands, UK. Model Released.
Jewel anemone {Corynactis viridis} purple form, tentacles in various stages of opening, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Jewel anemone {Corynactis viridis} purple form, tentacles in various stages of opening, Channel Islands, UK
Spiny lobster {Palinurus vulgaris} Sark, Channel Is, UK.
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Sue Daly / Spiny lobster {Palinurus vulgaris} Sark, Channel Is, UK.
Beadlet anemones {Actinia equina} various colour forms on rock, Gouliot Caves, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Beadlet anemones {Actinia equina} various colour forms on rock, Gouliot Caves, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK
Plaice {Pleuronectes platessa} close-up of face, UK
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Alan James / Plaice {Pleuronectes platessa} close-up of face, UK
European / Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) with large barnacle encrusted claws, underwater, Mull, Scotland
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Solvin Zankl / European / Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) with large barnacle encrusted claws, underwater, Mull, Scotland
Male Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus), Sark, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Male Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus), Sark, Channel Islands, UK
Orca / Killer whale {Orcinus orca} blowing at surface, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Orca / Killer whale {Orcinus orca} blowing at surface, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Painted topshell {Calliostoma zizyphinum} amongst Jewel anemones, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Painted topshell {Calliostoma zizyphinum} amongst Jewel anemones, Channel Islands, UK
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) viewed from above, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK May
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Graham Eaton / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) viewed from above, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK May