Donna 🤿🫧

Trying to plan a dive trip for my 40th with Indonesia leading the pack. However the logistical juggling required to get from one part to another so we can do 1 week in each area is blowing my brain so much I’m now too overwhelmed to book anything and will probably end up staying home! 😂 🦑

Farage is basically doing the same as he did for brexit - telling the right what they want to hear with very little proof of how that will work or evidencing the numbers. Unfortunately it seems to be working.

I feel it’s too little too late for many, especially after yesterdays reform nugget over benefits.

I can’t recall another time in my lifetime where the UK was so divided. I feel like a political orphan as believe Starmer and Reeves are no good but don’t want Farage and his trope in either.

Well summer definitely ended this year didn’t it….

This week we’ve had the whole lot of autumn treats and it’s only Tuesday - sun, cloud, rain, hail and thunder & lightning.

A white duck with orange legs and a yellow beak, standing on grass looking towards the camera with its head cocked to one side.

“What you doing?”

Curious duck investigating me and my camera in Newquay last week.

#duck #curious #birdsofbluesky #birds #wildlife #sundaypix #outdoors

A Bee loaded up with pollen covered legs on top of a purple thistle.

Bee loaded up with pollen covered legs on a thistle.

#insects #thistle #bees #wildlife #outdoors #omsystems

A bee, resting on the stem of a pink Salvia Nemerosa plant

Found this little bee taking a nap on the flowers this morning.

#nature #bee #plant #photography #insects #wildlife #sundaypix

📢 This #WorldOceanDay we're DEMANDING action from govt: BAN bottom trawling in protected areas! 🌊🪸

TAKE A STAND WITH US HERE: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...

🚨 The world's watching. The time is now⏰

Our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social at the UN Ocean Conference making sure we're heard 🔽

A moray eel with its body hidden inside a rocky cave covered in red and orange coral. The moray’s body is spotted with yellow and it has a yellow eye. Its mouth is open, looking like it’s laughing

A whale shark, body curved upwards towards the lights above with mouth open. It is surrounded by small fish.

An octopus, hiding in a small coral rocky area amongst a sandy. It has camouflaged itself in purples, pinks and white to match its hiding place. There is a diver swimming in the background making it look like the octopus is hiding from the diver.

A curious cuttlefish facing the camera with its tentacles loosely hung in front of it.

It’s World Ocean Day!

Here’s a reminder that 70% of our world is ocean, most of it not yet explored. In the areas that are often visited there is plenty of evidence that, even without seeing it all, it’s worth protecting.

#worldoceanday #marinelife 🦑 #underwater #scuba

The ocean… 🌊💙

sustains life,
regulates climate,
hosts biodiversity,
buffers storms,
produces oxygen,
holds untold wonder.

Yet, we’ve polluted its depths and pushed it to the brink.

On #WorldOceanDay and every day, let’s act to #SaveOurOcean.

A yellow seahorse hiding amongst some sea grass and seaweed

As it’s national ocean month I’d be remiss to not share some more photos.

For the sake of conservation and the possibility it’s still there I won’t share location on this one but to say there was happy dancing on finding this is an understatement #marinelife 🦑 #scuba #underwaterphotography #travel

Two divers in a cavern, the exit lights up blue in front of them showing both divers in silhouette profile, the diver on the left has a torch with the beam pointing downwards.

Home from an awesome trip to Malta and more learning curves with the camera set up.

Sharing one of my fave photos from the trip.

While #marinelife is still a little sparse in Malta, it’s good to see some changes being put into limit over tourism.

#diving #scubadiving #malta #travel

This post actually made me laugh out loud! 10/10 to the social team!

Up at 6am on a Sunday, can only mean one thing…#goingdiving 😁

A small moray eel partially hidden beneath some blue green coral structure. The eel is looking towards the camera with its mouth open as though it’s smiling. This type of eel has white eyes with a black pupil.

Late post this week thanks to being on day 4 of suspected food poisoning from a Dominos Pizza…

A little moray eel peeking out from below some interesting corals.

The eyes remind me of the googly eye often used on objects for comedic effect 😂

#marinelife 🦑 #underwaterphotography #scubadiving

Tesla stock price showing it is still almost 38% up on a year ago…

The 1 year view unfortunately still shows its up overall. Hopefully it continues to fall and doesn’t stop!

It’s a shame that he’s managed to place such a weak board that won’t oust him!

Anyone else feel like, that between the UK and US, we somehow stepped into an episode of black mirror?

#blackmirror #isthisreallife #wtf #ukpolitics #uspolitics

A cream with black spotted moray eel peeking out from the rocks. It’s mouth is open showing its small sharp teeth on its bottom jaw

A honeycomb moray eel (?) hiding in the rocks surrounding at Boonsung Wreck in Khao Lak.

#marinelife #scubadiver #underwaterphotography 🦑

Thank you Jo! My assumption only went as far as it being a hermit crab, the hairy legs are certainly unique! I love that it looks like there are barnacles that have also made themselves at home on his shell.

A small hermit crab sitting on top of a rocky coral encrusted surface. His shell is covered in a moss like substance with some small barnacles attached. The crab itself is peaking from the shell showing a red front leg, yellow stems below its pupil and blue antenna.

A weird looking little fella for this week. I almost missed him as his shell was so well disguised in with the surrounding area. It was the yellow and blue flashes that caught my eye.

#scubadiver #underwaterphotography #marinelife 🦑 #andamansea

A big blue rectangular magnet board with a large map of the earth on it showing a visual representation the best dive locations and what to see in them. Along the top there are 7 magnets for different locations around the world

About 4 years ago I had an idea to mount my awesome dive map onto a magnet board surrounded by magnets from our dive holidays. Today I made it a reality and realised I need more holidays 🤣

7 destinations in 7.5 years! Hopefully more to come!

#scubadiver #travel #scubadiving #holidays

I’m hoping that the ties between the UK and Europe become much more closely entwined again. While our PM doesn’t seem to have the appetite to rejoin or even allow a vote on it, I’m glad to see him working closely with the EU leadership again.

Phyllidia varicosa - A white bodied sea slug with black stripes and yellow pimples curved around a cream coloured rocky area of the sea bed.

Back to the sea slugs this week with a lovely Phyllidia varicosa

This seemed to be the most common of the Nudi’s that were present in the Similan and Surin area of Thailand.

#nudibranch #seaslug #marinelife 🦑 #scubadive #underwaterphotography

It’s only when we finally get a sunny day that I realise how much the shorter days and damp British weather affects my moods. So nice seeing the sunshine again!

I’m fairly sure the cult following he has who likely own shares in Tesla is the only reason the rest of the board haven’t called for a vote of no confidence in him. Horrible human being!

Ohhh wow!!! What a sight!

A cowrie shell sitting on a rocky sea bed

I’d never seen a cowrie shell that wasn’t a decorative item so I may have got a little excited when I spotted this tucked in the rocks on a slope, especially when I realised they’re actually naturally shiny! 🤣

I don’t know if anything was living inside as I didn’t dare disturb it 🦑

#marinelife

Given the shape of the fin I’d agree on eagle ray. The only other spotted creature I can think of would that would be a possibility would be whale shark but the pattern of spots is wrong and it looks like the wrong shape for a whale shark dorsal fin.

Picture of a dog, asleep half in her grey, fluffy doughnut bed half on a red and grey patch style blanket

#sundaypix all plans out of the window..puppy cuddles time instead.

Definitely the cutest sea slug in the world!

My brain still can’t comprehend just how tiny these things are either