AN ABERYSTWYTH scuba diver has won national recognition for her photograph of an inquisitive grey seal.

The quirky image of the playful seal with weeds balanced on its nose was taken by Kerry Lewis and was highly commended in the British Sub-Aqua Club’s (BSAC) nationwide Great British Diving photo competition.

Kerry 43, who is a dive leader with Aberystwyth-based club The Cantre’r Gwaelod Divers, also shot a video of two seals playing with each other on the trip to the Scilly Isles, earlier this year.

She released the video to help raise awareness of the need to protect British marine life, together with a gallery of images of seals taken in the Scilly Isles and off the west coast of Wales near her home.

Kerry said: “We were exploring in shallow water and about six seals swam up to us and started playing.

“Two or three of them were particularly inquisitive so we let them come up to us.

“I got quite a few photos and also took some video of two of the seals playing together. It was really cute and amazing to see up close.

“I chose the photo to enter into the BSAC Great British diving competition because I just thought it was so funny with the weeds on its head, something a bit quirky.”

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