Churchill Barrier 3
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About this site
Churchill Barrier 3 is a wreck dive and snorkel site at the Churchill Barriers in Scapa Flow, where the Reginald, an old passenger ship used as a block ship, lies in just 5 metres.
Life covers its skeletal frame, and barnacles can be watched feeding along it. The stone blocks of the barrier are worth part of the dive too, since they give all kinds of life a surface to settle on, and orange clubbed nudibranchs can be found among them.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Flapper skateDipturus intermediusReported here · unconfirmed
Common Sea StarAsterias rubensReported here · unconfirmed
European Green CrabCarcinus maenasReported here · unconfirmed
Keeled TubewormSpirobranchus triqueterReported here · unconfirmed
Edible CrabCancer pagurusReported here · unconfirmed
OrcaOrcinus orcaReported here · unconfirmed
Common Hermit CrabPagurus bernhardusReported here · unconfirmed
European Edible Sea UrchinEchinus esculentusReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
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