Sue Daly / Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) swimming profile, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Dover sole (Solea solea) close up of skin and face, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Dover sole (Solea solea) close up of skin and face, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Dover sole (Solea solea) close up of skin and face, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Allmouth anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Allmouth anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Light Bulb sea squirt (Clavelina lepadiformis) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus) camouflaged on seabed, Channel Islands, UK, July

Sue Daly / Long spined Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) portrait, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) close up, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) close up of face, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) close up of face, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral, close up detail, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Star sea squirt (Botryllus schlosseri) close up of skin pattern, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) female camouflaged against habitat, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) with fish, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral on rocks, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus) female profile, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus) female profile, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Sponge crab (Inachus sp) hiding in anemone, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) portraits, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) head portrait, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Anemone prawn (Periclimenes sagittifer) Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Spiny lobster / Crawfish (Palinurus elephas) sheltering under rock, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) and Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Warty coral (Eunicella verrucosa) and Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Green sea urchin (Psammechinus miliaris) Channel Islands, UK March

Sue Daly / Green sea urchin (Psammechinus miliaris) Channel Islands, UK March

Sue Daly / Squat lobster (Galathea squamifera) out of water on seaweed, Channel Islands, UK March

Sue Daly / Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft corals, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) close up detail, Channel Islands, UK June Highly commended in the category of Close to Nature Category of the BWPA Competition 2014.

Sue Daly / Elephant's ear sponge (Pachymatisma johnstonia) Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Beadlet sea anemones (Actinia equina) Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Shanny (Lipophrys pholis) Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Beadlet sea anemones (Actinia equina) Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Plumose anemone (Metridium senile) Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Elegant anemone (Sagartia elegans) Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) close up detail, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) close up detail, Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Tube worm / Double sprial worm (Bispira volutacornis) Channel Islands, UK June

Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) Channel Islands, UK, June

Sue Daly / Red sea fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) soft coral, Channel Islands, UK, June

Sue Daly / Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) male camouflaged against anemones, Channel Islands, UK May

Sue Daly / Jewel sea anemones (Corynactis viridis) Channel Islands, UK May

Sue Daly / Common sea urchin (Echinus esculentus) close up of surface, Channel Islands, UK, May

Sue Daly / Yellow cluster anemones (Parazoanthus axinellae) Channel Islands, UK May

Sue Daly / Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) Channel Islands, UK May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Dab (Limanda limanda) portrait on seabed, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, English Channel, May. Did you know? Dab is the second most abundant fish in the North Sea and could be a more sustainable altern...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / European cowrie (Trivia monacha) crawling over orange sponges searching for its prey of tunicates / seasquirts. Selsey, West Sussex, England, UK, English Channel, May.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / John dory (Zeus faber) at night, Babbacombe, Devon, UK, Tor Bay, English Channel, August

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Looking up through water at suface of the sea on a sunny, summer's day, Whitesands Bay, Cornwall, England, UK, English Channel, July

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Children enjoying dipping in rockpools at low tide in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK, July, all model released.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) male in shallow water guarding eggs beneath Swanage Pier, Dorset, England, UK, English Channel, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / A stand of Thongweed / spaghetti seaweed (Himanthalia elongata) in evening light, this common seaweed has a two stage morphology, seen here is the strap-like reproductive frond, which can reach up to...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) hauled out onto rocks at the base of cliffs, above Thongweed / Spaghetti seaweed (Himanthalia elongata). This female has some fishing line wrapped around her nec...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus) amongst seaweeds beneath Swanage Pier, Dorset, England, UK, English Channel, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) male closely guarding his female mate, caressing her with his tentacles as he displays to a rival male in the background, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, UK, English Chann...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) male closely guarding his female mate caressing her with his tentacles as he displays to a rival male in the background and extending one of his tentacles. Babba...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) amongst wreckage of a Mulberry harbour from World War II, Selsey, West Sussex, England, UK, English Channel, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) mating pair, male (on the left) transfering sperm to female (right) by wrapping his arms around her face and depositing a sac of his sperm into her spermatheca, a...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Lesser spotted catshark / dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) hiding amongst sea weeds, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, England, UK, English Channel, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Two pairs of mating Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) the two large males show off their stripy colouration as they protect their females during the mating season, Babbacombe, Devon, UK, English C...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Three yachts racing in Calais Round Brittany Race, June 2007

Peter Lewis / Snow covered beach and cliffs, West Bay, Dorset, UK, December 2010

Peter Lewis / View along the snow covered coastline between Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door in the distance, Dorest, UK, November 2010

Peter Lewis / View from the top of the cliffs at Burton Bradstock looking across to West Bay and the Golden Cap in the distance, with the rare occurance of snow still on the Chesil Beach, Dorset, UK, December 2010

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Male Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) covered in fluorescent pink copepod parasites, this male was guarding eggs, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, UK, March

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Male Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) caressing a female with his tentacles during courtship, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming beneath cliffs of Lundy Island, Devon, UK, June

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...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Discarded exoskeletons following moulting of aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK, August

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK, August

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding on plankton (visible as white dots in the water) off Lands End, Cornwall, UK, June.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK, August

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK, August. Did you know? Spider crabs camouflage themselves by allowing algae and other marine plants to gro...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Detail of fin of a male Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) showing breeding colours, Swanage Pier, Dorset, England, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Pair of Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), male above, during spring spawning season, This pair have already mated and the male is guarding the female (from other males) as she lays her eggs with...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Sea scorpion / scorpionfish (Taurulus bubalis) waiting on seabed to ambush prey, Selsey, West Sussex, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Large bull (male) Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) chewing on a blade of kelp, resting between boulders, off Lundy Island, Devon, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Male Fifteen spined stickleback (Spinachia spinachia) building his nest, Note how a discarded orange piece of fishing line has been incorporated. Babbacombe Bay, Torbay, Devon, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Female Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) laying black eggs amongst seaweed, while male stands guard, Babbacombe, Torbay, Devon, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Portrait of Montague's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita) on pebbly seabed under Swanage Pier, Dorset, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Diver observing a Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Babbacombe Bay, Devon, UK, April.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Sea scoropion / scorpionfish (Taurulus bubalis) on edge of an Eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow (overgrown with filamentous algae), Studland Bay, Dorset, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) camouflaged, resting on bed of seaweeds, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, England, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) swimming through the wreck of the Fleur De Lys, Swanage, Dorset, UK, July

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Triathalon swimmers, benefit from the good water quality of Southampton Water, The Solent, Hampshire, UK, July 2009