Osprey:
This four week old chick was photographed on Abu Monkar, that small strip of sand and scrub opposite the old Sheraton hotel.

Scorpion Fish. Scorpinidae family:
What you might get if you cross a stone fish with a lion fish. All three posess poisonous spines in their dorsal fins.

Soldier Fish:
Cautious and discreet, grows up to 50 cm and only comes out at night - a nocturnal feeder. Like the Angelfish, has a sharp spine on its gill cover.

Hard Coral. Gonipora:
Underwater, divers only see the soft polyps extending from the calcium skeleton making this look like a soft coral. Gonipora have the longest polyps of all the hard corals, up to 20 cm’s long.

Porcupine Fish:
When threatened, will swallow water to expand and allow its spines, (which normally lie flat against it’s body), to serve their purpose.

Hawkfish:
Small reef fish up to 20cm’s. Seems to spend its life sitting on any convenient coral perch watching the world go by. A good subject for photographers as very co-operative.

Manta Ray:
A harmless plankton feeder despite its imposing shape and size. March and April offer the best chance of seeing them in Hurghada, as the warming waters cause a plankton bloom.

Hawksbill Turtle:
Named because its beak is the most birdlike of the sea turtles, this one is probably looking for some soft coral to snack on.