Conero Logbook 2017
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The 2017 diving season was quite short and concentrated from May to August. Talking about photography, probably more than in past, macro lenses were the protagonists.
May
theoretically it should be too late for Doto coronata ed Eubranchus tricolor, but the sea always makes beautiful surprises and despite water is 15° degrees Celsius, here they are! The best period to watch the coloured sea slugs is beginning and also this year it offers plenty of opportunities.
(click on pics to start, click on white background to close)
![Doto coronata - Due sorelle](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/01_Doto-coronata_D5U_4950.jpg?w=228&h=152&ssl=1)
![Doto coronata - Due sorelle](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/02_Doto-coronata_D5U_5253.jpg?w=228&h=343&ssl=1)
![Eubranchus tricolor - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/03_Eubranchus-tricolor_D5U_5101.jpg?w=228&h=152&ssl=1)
![Flabellina ischitana - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/04_Flabellina-ischitana_D5U_5069.jpg?w=228&h=152&ssl=1)
![Flabellina ischitana - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/05_Flabellina-ischitana_D5U_5067.jpg?w=228&h=152&ssl=1)
![Flabellina lineata - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/06_Flabellina-lineata_D5U_5112.jpg?w=480&h=320&ssl=1)
![Flabellina pedata - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/07_Flabellina-pedata_D5U_5268.jpg?w=480&h=320&ssl=1)
![Flabellina pedata - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/08_Flabellina-pedata_D5U_5305.jpg?w=480&h=319&ssl=1)
![Felimare villafranca - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/09_Felimare-villafranca_D5U_5373.jpg?w=480&h=320&ssl=1)
![Goniodoris castanea - Due sorelle](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/10_Goniodoris-castanea_D5U_4959.jpg?w=480&h=320&ssl=1)
![Rostanga rubra - Due sorelle](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/11_Rostanga-rubra_D5U_5199.jpg?w=480&h=319&ssl=1)
This is also the moment when Gobius niger bravely protects the eggs. An unmissable opportunity for some close shots. Macropodia are everywhere, sometimes less masked than usual.
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![Gobius niger - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/12_Gobius-niger_D5U_5084.jpg?w=346&h=231&ssl=1)
![Gobius niger - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/13_Gobius-niger_D5U_5271.jpg?w=346&h=230&ssl=1)
![Macropodia sp. - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/14_Macropodia-sp._D5U_5152.jpg?w=346&h=230&ssl=1)
![Macropodia sp. - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/15_Macropodia-sp._D5U_5170.jpg?w=521&h=348&ssl=1)
![Macropodia sp. - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/16_Macropodia-sp._D5U_5933.jpg?w=521&h=347&ssl=1)
![Inachus sp. - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/17_Inachus-sp._D5U_5335.jpg?w=321&h=214&ssl=1)
![Berthellina edwardsii - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/18_Berthellina-edwardsii_D5U_5040.jpg?w=321&h=481&ssl=1)
June
as usual other species of nudibranchs arrive. Close to the Nicole wreck the surprise of the year: Berghia verrucicornis. As far as I know, this is the first sighting of this nudibranch in the Conero area.
(click on pics to start, click on white background to close)
![Felimare villafranca - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/19_Felimare-villafranca_D5U_5679.jpg?w=343&h=229&ssl=1)
![Felimare villafranca - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20_Felimare-villafranca_D5U_5644.jpg?w=343&h=229&ssl=1)
![Flabellina pedata - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/21_Flabellina-pedata_D5U_6116.jpg?w=343&h=228&ssl=1)
![Flabellina pedata - Dentali del Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/22_Flabellina-pedata_D5U_5800.jpg?w=343&h=515&ssl=1)
![Jorunna tomentosa - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/23_Jorunna-tomentosa_D5U_6147.jpg?w=343&h=228&ssl=1)
![Janolus cristatus - Dentali del Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/24_Janolus-cristatus_D5U_5773.jpg?w=343&h=228&ssl=1)
![Polycera quadrilineata - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/25_Polycera-quadrilineata_D5U_5875.jpg?w=343&h=228&ssl=1)
![Polycera quadrilineata - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/26_Polycera-quadrilineata_D5U_5899.jpg?w=391&h=261&ssl=1)
![Polycera quadrilineata - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/27_Polycera-quadrilineata_D5U_5869.jpg?w=391&h=261&ssl=1)
![Cratena peregrina - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/28_Cratena-peregrina_D5U_5419.jpg?w=391&h=587&ssl=1)
![Cratena peregrina - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/29_Cratena-peregrina_D5U_5523.jpg?w=391&h=260&ssl=1)
![Flabellina affinis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/30_Flabellina-affinis_D5U_5561.jpg?w=391&h=260&ssl=1)
![Flabellina affinis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/31_Flabellina-affinis_D5U_5555.jpg?w=391&h=260&ssl=1)
![Thuridilla hopei - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/32_Thuridilla-hopei_D5U_5702.jpg?w=454&h=682&ssl=1)
![Berghia verrucicornis - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/33_Berghia-verrucicornis_D5U_6207.jpg?w=454&h=303&ssl=1)
![Berghia verrucicornis - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/34_Berghia-verrucicornis_D5U_6183.jpg?w=454&h=303&ssl=1)
![Berghia verrucicornis - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/35_Berghia-verrucicornis_D5U_6211.jpg?w=454&h=303&ssl=1)
![Berghia verrucicornis - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/36_Berghia-verrucicornis_D5U_6191.jpg?w=454&h=302&ssl=1)
Life explodes everywhere and there are many opportunities to observe and shoot all around.
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![Hippocampus hippocampus - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/37_Hippocampus-hippocampus_D5U_6303.jpg?w=328&h=492&ssl=1)
![Inachus sp. - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/38_Inachus-sp._D5U_6003.jpg?w=328&h=218&ssl=1)
![Inachus sp. - 4 Grotte](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/39_Inachus-sp._D5U_6630.jpg?w=328&h=218&ssl=1)
![Periclimenes amethysteus - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/40_Periclimenes-amethysteus_D5U_7711.jpg?w=430&h=286&ssl=1)
![Periclimenes amethysteus - Dentali del Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/41_Periclimenes-amethysteus_D5U_5831.jpg?w=430&h=646&ssl=1)
![Sepia officinalis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/42_Sepia-officinalis_D5U_8245.jpg?w=430&h=286&ssl=1)
![Sepia officinalis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/43_Sepia-officinalis_D5U_6681.jpg?w=430&h=646&ssl=1)
The visibility is good, it’s the right moment to take a look at the sand. During one of this Muck tour, I meet the most patient prawn (Penaeus kerathurus) I have ever seen, that leaves me the time to find a decent way for shooting with a 105mm macro!
(click on pics to start, click on white background to close)
![Diogenes pugilator - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/44_Diogenes-pugilator_D5U_6638.jpg?w=213&h=142&ssl=1)
![Nassarius nitidus - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/45_Nassarius-nitidus_D5U_5325.jpg?w=213&h=142&ssl=1)
![Goneplax rhomboides - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/46_Goneplax-rhomboides_D5U_6348.jpg?w=213&h=142&ssl=1)
![Philocheras sp. - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/47_Philocheras-sp._D5U_6050.jpg?w=323&h=215&ssl=1)
![Penaeus kerathurus - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/48_Penaeus-kerathurus_D5U_5498.jpg?w=323&h=215&ssl=1)
![Penaeus kerathurus - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/49_Penaeus-kerathurus_D5U_5478.jpg?w=652&h=434&ssl=1)
July
it’s the month of the great return: Dondice banyulensis, it is possible to see it from 4 grotte to Trave.
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![Dondice banyulensis - 4 Grotte](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/50_Dondice-banyulensis_D5U_6519.jpg?w=375&h=562&ssl=1)
![Dondice banyulensis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/51_Dondice-banyulensis_D5U_7760.jpg?w=375&h=249&ssl=1)
![Dondice banyulensis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/52_Dondice-banyulensis_D5U_7749.jpg?w=543&h=815&ssl=1)
![Dondice banyulensis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/53_Dondice-banyulensis_D5U_7773.jpg?w=270&h=406&ssl=1)
![Dondice banyulensis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/54_Dondice-banyulensis_D5U_7902.jpg?w=270&h=405&ssl=1)
The visibility decreases, I make a virtue out of necessity by changing to portrait.
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![Dromia personata - 4 Grotte](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/55_Dromia-personata_D5U_6874.jpg?w=467&h=311&ssl=1)
![Dromia personata - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/56_Dromia-personata_D5U_8164.jpg?w=467&h=311&ssl=1)
![Pagurus anachoretus - 4 Grotte](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/57_Pagurus-anachoretus_D5U_8053.jpg?w=467&h=311&ssl=1)
![Pagurus anachoretus - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/58_Pagurus-anachoretus_D5U_8318.jpg?w=467&h=311&ssl=1)
![Parablennius rouxi - Due sorelle](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/59_Parablennius-rouxi_D5U_6448.jpg?w=467&h=311&ssl=1)
![Parablennius incognitus - Due sorelle](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/60_Parablennius-incognitus_D5U_6476.jpg?w=467&h=311&ssl=1)
![Parablennius incognitus - Due sorelle](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/61_Parablennius-incognitus_D5U_6475.jpg?w=254&h=382&ssl=1)
![Parablennius incognitus - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/62_Parablennius-incognitus_D5U_6332.jpg?w=254&h=382&ssl=1)
![Scorpaena notata - Nicole wreck](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/63_Scorpaena-notata_D5U_6238.jpg?w=254&h=169&ssl=1)
August
traditionally the month of Trave dive spot and Calmella cavolini, who crowds the hydrozoan twigs as every year.
(click on pics to start, click on white background to close)
![Periclimenes amethysteus - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/64_Periclimenes-amethysteus_D5U_7981.jpg?w=404&h=269&ssl=1)
![Periclimenes amethysteus - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/65_Periclimenes-amethysteus_D5U_7735.jpg?w=404&h=606&ssl=1)
![Flabellina affinis - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/66_Flabellina-affinis_D5U_5574.jpg?w=404&h=269&ssl=1)
![Flabellina affinis - Dentali del Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/67_Flabellina-affinis_D5U_5826.jpg?w=254&h=382&ssl=1)
![Cratena peregrina - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/68_Cratena-peregrina_D5U_6023.jpg?w=254&h=381&ssl=1)
![Calmella cavolini - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/69_Calmella-cavolini_D5U_8482.jpg?w=254&h=381&ssl=1)
![Calmella cavolini - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/70_Calmella-cavolini_D5U_8579.jpg?w=530&h=353&ssl=1)
![Calmella cavolini - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/71_Calmella-cavolini_D5U_8620.jpg?w=530&h=795&ssl=1)
October
just a dive respecting the tradition to meet the musky octopuses and the slipper lobsters.
(click on pics to start, click on white background to close)
![Scyllarus arctus - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/72_Scyllarus-arctus_D5U_7914.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1)
![Eledone moschata - Trave](https://i0.wp.com/www.marcoboncompagni.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/73_Eledone-moschata_D5U_1305.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1)
Dives were concentrated in a few months this year, but they were full of small and big satisfactions. I hope for a 2018 full of bubbles and many other satisfactions in this small but wonderful corner of biodiversity that is the Sea of Conero.
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