Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast

Marine life found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Guernsey is the second largest island in the Channel Islands located between England and France. The gallery begins with general views of the bay followed by major groups of animals including sponges, cnidarians, worms, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms, ascidians, fishes and ending with some algae.

Netted dog whelk egg capsules attached to eel grass in Belle Greve Bay

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Netted dog whelk egg capsules attached to eel grass in Belle Greve Bay

Since the last set of spring tides (4 to 6 March 2007) netted dog whelks, Hinia reticulata, had laid many egg capsules on eel grass, Zostera marina, in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.

The eel grass beds are subtidal during neap tides but they are exposed during big low spring tides. These occurred from 19 to 22 March. During low water I saw a large number of netted dog whelk egg capsules attached to eel grass that occurred in a shallow pool on the beach in Belle Greve Bay. Photographed on the 21 March 2007.

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Sealord photography's biodiversity images began with a focus on international commercial seafood species and the marine life of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Great Britain.

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Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast