Anja Murray: Seagrass meadows and other Irish marine life marvels 

Dublin lifeguard and diver, Gordon Leonard, saw a seagrass bed just at the shore in Sandycove, County Dublin. He reported the find to Coastwatch Ireland who identified the seagrass he had found as a species previously unknown to the east coast

Left to right: Jellyfish, Skellig Michael; Cave diving, Inis Mór; Single starfish and egg; basking shark. Featured in Beneath Irish Seas — The Hidden Wonders of Ireland's Amazing Marine Life, by Nigel Motyer 

All around Irish coasts, seagrass grows in shallow waters and brackish estuaries...

Luminous green fronds sway in salt water and shelter a wealth of marine life.