Not everyone is observing social distancing. On a small beach in Phuket, Southern Thailand, as the tide falls, so tens of thousands of fiddler crabs emerge, to feed, to joust for territory, and maybe to find a mate. #nikonasia #nikonthailand #macrophotography

Some things in nature are truly spectacular. Northern gannets take to the air simultaneously. St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The northern gannet, Morus bassanus, is the largest gannet species, and also the largest seabird in Europe. #gannets #scottishwildlife #StKilda

I wrote this article a while back, but have just published on Medium. The Grind. Is campaigning for it to stop or condemning it on social media hypocritical? link.medium.com/vDyfnN6u06 #Faroeislandswhaling #grind #pilotwhales

I've just published this article on Lion's Mane Jellyfish on Medium. It can be read for free using this link. medium.com/@colindmunro/t… #lionsmanejellyfish #lionsmanejelly #jellyfish

These polystyrene cups went down to 4850m for some deep sea oceanic sampling PAP Observatory for marine fungi. 🍄 The shrinking of the cups is as a result of extreme deep sea pressure. #HoneyIShrunkTheCups

When you’re all set for some nighttime wild photography, and you have rain and thunder for three hours. Back to a Chang beer and lightroom editing.

New blog: Great whites sharks, makos or sailfish, what is the fastest fish? marine-bio-images.com/blog/marine-wi… #fishspeed #sharkspeed #whitesharks #makoshark

Wearing my other hat

I wrote this blog about fishermen in M'Bour, Senegal 9 years ago. Still relevant today colinmunrophotography.com/blog/the-fishe…

The pycnogonid (sea spider) Pycnogonum litorale feeding on the body fluids of a beadlet anemone (Actinia equinus). This is an old photograph of mine, taken maybe 15 or 16 years ago on film. I've just added this picture to my macro collection at colinmunroimages.com #seaspiders

My newest project. Find out more here youtube.com/watch?v=CUs4cQ… #wildoceans #atlanticocean #pacificocean #oceanwildlife #oceanstories

1. Liam Fox story almost certainly dead cat 2. No proof Russia hacked NHS documents, only accusations of similarity 3. Headlines labelling documents Russian hacked are misleading 4. NHS is on table in US/UK trade deal 5. Your NHS

If these predictions are even partially correct, then the knock on effects will be severe, and not just for those directly dependent on tropical fisheries. nature.com/articles/s4301…

This is one of the biggest problems we face right now, and we're really not close to getting a grip on it. #marinepollution #plasticpollution #plasticwaste #andamansea #phuketbeaches youtube.com/watch?v=r6N6qr

The needs of local fishermen, whether it be Lyme Bay, Senegal or the South Pacific, have to be part of any workable marine conservation plan #lymebay #marineconservation

Disappointing

A while since I've posted anything, so here's a pic of of species that get less attention than deserve. These are soft corals, or octocorals. The whip corals here belong to genus Junceella, prob J. fragilis. Read more on my blog marine-bio-images.com/blog/marine-ec… #phiphiisland #octocorals

The copperband butterflyfish, aka beaked coralfish, is one of the prettiest of butterflyfish IMO. They are monogamous, pairing for life, so are often seen together like this. Their long forceps-like mouth is an adaptation for capturing prey in crevices. #butterflyfish #reeflife

Detecting newly settled seafan colonies is not easy. It requires a careful fingertip search by divers. This is an image from our study looking at seaman (Eunicella verrucosa) population dynamics in Lyme Bay almost 20 years ago. #lymebay #pinkseafans #eunicellaverrucosa