I dive regularly in Plymouth Sound, and Cuckoo Wrasse are abundant! I'm always
surprised by their curiosity and lack of fear - they will approach and hover very close to
divers, rushing towards the anything edible if you waft up the sand or silt - recently
whilst diving, I lifted up a rock to discover a bright red Squat Lobster, unbeknown to
me a Cuckoo Wrasse was hovering nearby, a flash of colour passed by and that was
the end of the poor Squatty! Cuckoo Wrasse have stunning colours, and when I first
learnt to dive, I was amazed at how colourful our native fish can be, big spotty Ballan
Wrasse, Plaice, Thornback Rays & shoals of silvery Pouting & Pollock. An early
entry in my logbook, of an early open water dive reads, "Lost snorkel, saw big blue
starfish". I still lose bits of equipment, and am still excited by whatever sea life I see in
the Sound!

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