Thursday, 7 June 2012

Waulkmill Bay, Orphir - 26 May 12

On Saturday 26 May, we tried a new site, Waulkmill Bay in Orphir.

It was a nice warm sunny afternoon when I met up with Penny and Marc.

After kitting up we worked our way down the steps to the shore. I don't think any of us was particularly looking forward to the climb back up the hill after we had finished our swim.

I think we looked a bit out of place when we arrived on the shore all kitted up in our drysuits etc when everyone else was in shorts, t-shirts, swimming costumes etc. But the water temperature probably explained why everyone was sat on the shore and we were the only ones in the water!!

Close to the shore is a rocky seabed with a variety of plant and animal life. As you moved away from the shore the seabed turned to sand with not a great deal to see.

 As in the last post I'll leave to pictures to show what I saw.

Looking North up the bay
Some of the larger seaweeds
Some of the larger seaweeds
Whelks, shells and rocks
Sea Anenomes
Sea Anenomes
Sea Anenome
Barnacle covered Limpet
Gobies amongst the seaweed
Moving amongst the seaweeds I came across a sandy patch on the seabed which had this bright green seaweed forming a strip across it.


Marc working his way through the seaweed
A serrated edge type seaweed
In all the sites that I have snorkelled in so far this is the only site where I have found these yellow shells.


Another type of seaweed
A Whelk
The sandy sea bed. Pretty bare apart from the worm casts and the odd bit of weed.
This unknown creature appeared out of nowhere and landed on my glove!!

Various smaller seaweed species amongst the kelp.
Sea Anenome
This intriguing rock amongst the seaweed with its yellow banding
Spot the Shore Crab
Ghost in the sand
Shore Crab peering out of the sand
Shore Crab out of the sand and onto Penny's glove

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