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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Beadlet anemone {Actinia equina} with tentacles partially extended, underwater, Gouliot Caves, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Beadlet anemone {Actinia equina} with tentacles partially extended, underwater, Gouliot Caves, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK
Nudibranch {Polycera faeroensis} on seabed, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Nudibranch {Polycera faeroensis} on seabed, Channel Islands, UK
Jewel anemone {Corynactis viridis} polyps with tentacles open, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Jewel anemone {Corynactis viridis} polyps with tentacles open, Channel Islands, UK
Red fingers soft coral {Alcyonium glomeratum} polyps open, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Red fingers soft coral {Alcyonium glomeratum} polyps open, Channel Islands, UK
Sunset cup / Yellow cave coral {Leptopsammia pruvoti} polyps open, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Sunset cup / Yellow cave coral {Leptopsammia pruvoti} polyps open, Channel Islands, UK
Tompot Blenny (Parablennius / Blennius gattorugine) in a pipe, Lleyn, Wales, UK, May
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Graham Eaton / Tompot Blenny (Parablennius / Blennius gattorugine) in a pipe, Lleyn, Wales, UK, May
European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) close up, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) close up, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
Jewel anemone {Corynactis viridis} purple form, tentacles open, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Jewel anemone {Corynactis viridis} purple form, tentacles open, Channel Islands, UK
Seafan nudibranch {Tritonia nilsodhneri} and eggs camouflaged on Warty coral {Eunicella verrucosa} underwater, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Seafan nudibranch {Tritonia nilsodhneri} and eggs camouflaged on Warty coral {Eunicella verrucosa} underwater, Channel Islands, UK
Black-faced blenny {Tripterygion delaisi} female on seabed, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Black-faced blenny {Tripterygion delaisi} female on seabed, Channel Islands, UK
Common sea urchin {Echinus esculentus} on seabed, Channel Islands, UK
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Sue Daly / Common sea urchin {Echinus esculentus} on seabed, Channel Islands, UK
Two Bottlenose dolphins {Tursiops truncatus} leaping, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK
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Paul Hobson / Two Bottlenose dolphins {Tursiops truncatus} leaping, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK