With Captain Al and the Zookeeper deciding tonight wasn't their night to dive, Jester and I headed to Drishaig Reef only to find the lay-by filled with large truck. So it was an about turn toe St Catherines, Loch Fyne.
Now I've dived this a lot recently and there are rarely surprises to be found here, but tonight turned out to be a real winner, especially for those who love the nudies.
Between us we found three different species of seaslug/flatworm. However, it was the proliferation of flabellina lineata that was amazing. We easily spotted 15 (mostly small ones) in a location that only a week or so ago yielded barely one.
However, for me the dive highlight was introducing myself to a squat lobster. We briefly regarded one another, shook hands and went about our business. I feel in a week when the world is divided it was a metaphor - even the diver and a squatie can be pals.
The same cannot be said for the squat lobster and the shore crab. Despite both being technically crabs they seem to enjoy fighting - a lot.
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| "The diver and the squat lobster regarded one another" by Jester |
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