New photographs have helped reveal the marine wildlife people can expect to see if they go diving while enjoying a Dorset holiday.
Volunteer divers have taken a series of underwater snaps capturing the various different species that live below the waves of the county’s coastline, the BBC reports.
The images were produced for the Dorset Seasearch Underwater Photography Competition, which was organised by the Dorset Wildlife Trust, the county’s largest conservation charity with over 25,000 members.
Nick Owen, who regularly takes part in the Seasearch project – which aims to catalogue underwater wildlife with photos and notes – won the competition with his picture of a solitary hydrois – or a polyp on a tall stem.
Kathryn Dawson of the Dorset Wildlife Trust was quoted by the news source as saying that the pictures have helped reveal the “beauty” that can be found just off Dorset’s coast.
“You don’t have to go abroad to see great marine wildlife, it’s right here in Dorset,” she remarked.
Posted by David Sollberger
