If you thought that Eastbourne’s Sovereign Harbour was just a cold, dark, wet place with not much at all going on below the surface then think again.

Did you know that it contains, amongst other things, some seahorses…
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Local boat fisherman Martin Wiltshire revealed at a recent meeting of Planet Divers scuba club, that he’s been capturing a number of seahorses in his nets whilst fishing off of Eastbourne.

Amazingly this hasn’t been an isolated incident, and often there are more than one.

Here’s a photo of two seahorses recently captured:

Fortunately for the unfortunate seahorses, Martin is an avid diver and keeps all seahorses on board until he can return to Sovereign Harbour, where he can release them in the calm waters of the marina.

To date  he has released around ten seahorses of a variety of sizes, and the hopes are that they can develop into a breeding colony.

I have some more photos which I will add once I’ve setup a photo gallery feature that I’m currently investigating. 

Let me know what you think,

Wishing you health, success and happiness in everything you do,

Jon