Date of observation (dd-mm-yyyy):29 april 2012
Placemark:Bergse Diepsluis
Name observer:Koenraad Van Schuylenbergh
Observation begin time (hh:mm):16:10
Observation end time (hh:mm):17:10
Observation log:
Notable fauna:
At 10-12m:
- great pipefish (cf. photo, "grote zeenaald", Syngnathus acus)
- 3 lesser pipefish ("kleine zeenaald", syngnathus rostellatus)
- schools of many 100's of sea gooseberries ("zeedruif", Pleurobrachia pileus)
- schools of opossum shrimp ("geknikte aasgarnaal", Praunus flexuosus)
- many dozens of juvenile flat fish likely dabs ("schar", Limanda limanda)
- patches of whitish slimy stuff on the seabed floor
Between 10m and 3m:
- Common shrimp (cf. photo, "gewone garnaal", Crangon crangon)
- an unusually white swimming crab (cf. photo, "gewone zwemkrab", Liocarcinus holsatus)
- Sagartiogeton undatus (cf. photo, "weduwroos", Sagartiogeton undatus)
- an unidentified anemone munching on a common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)
At 3m:
- empty stake tents for the cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). They haven't arrived for spawning yet.
- nice good size plaice (30cm, cf. photo, "schol", "pladijs", Pleuronectes platessa)
- 3 dog whelks ("gevlochten fuikhoorn", Hinia reticulata)
