Originally from the UK, I've been working overseas in the dive industry since 2017. I'm currently based in Grand Cayman with Indepth Watersports. You can find me on instagram as @djscho where I (intermittently) post some of my nicer pictures.

My primary interest is underwater photography and technical diving although I take a lot of terrestrial observations as well. I'm trying to observe as many species as I can!

My main identification areas are marine life of the Indo-Pacific and the Caribbean. I often revert to the 'unknown' pile or adding annotations to mix things up a bit.

Please contact me or tag me if you have any questions about marine observations, diving or if you're visiting Cayman and want some tips! I can also help with getting permits and collecting samples in the Cayman Islands for researchers.

Useful links:
Least observed tool for iNat observations https://elias.pschernig.com/wildflower/leastobserved.html
Make your mushroom observations count! https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/3531-documenting-mushrooms
Identifier stats https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_identifier_stats.html?user_id=djscho
How many of the top species in an area:
https://glauberramos.github.io/speciesdex/

Some papers my observations have been featured in:
https://peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_228.1.pdf (new Cosmophasis sp.)

Other places my observations have been featured:
https://tagmyfish.net/

Personal iNat Year in Review
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/djscho
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2023/djscho
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2022/djscho
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2021/djscho
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2020/djscho
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2019/djscho

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