Popped down to the local rockpool for a swim and a snorkel. I like the rockpool for the first season snorkel just to get my shit together and make sure I remember what I'm doing, without the fear of drifting out to sea! LOL! Plus I always kid myself that it'll be warmer then the ocean - and it never ever is (even if it is filled by ocean water - go figure that!)
So, here are the photos from Monday's swim. And you know I'm not going to have any clue what these are, right? :)
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| These neon fish are so bright but less than 2 cm long |
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| There were lots of these stripey fish escorting me around |
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| Believe it or not, there's a few stripeys here, camouflaged well! |
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| I was pleased I got this photo. The suckers on the tentacle caught my eye. An octopus tucked in between some rocks, with a stripey and a neon (top of image) 'guarding' the crevice. |
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| This is some sort of sea slug, probably 10-15 cm long and 5-8 cm high, so not small at all. I've never seen a black with fluoro stripes sea slug - but I found it on Google - Chelidonura hirundinina sea slug |
Let me pop in the links for this sea slug:
There's a picture here:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sea-slug-nudibranch-census-australia-citizen-science
Oh, the thing I saw was much bigger than they say this grows to (40mm)... there is a
C. ordinata and maybe it's that. I'll see what any of my books show.
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| Trails left by the marine gastropds (snails and whelks) grazing |
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| A Sooty Oystercatcher popped down for a drink. I'm about 10 mins drive from the rockpool and we only get Pied Oystercatchers at home, so this was exciting even if it was above the water! |
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