Jellyfish encounters
| 11:20 UK time, Monday, 20 July 2009
There seem to have been a lot of jellyfish washing up on our beaches
recently as sea temperatures rise and strong onshore winds push
them in towards the shore.
Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire where 'Hollywood' has recently been filming for Harry Potter and Robin Hood has had an influx of jellyfish.
It's tricky to tell from the photo but they appear to be compass jellyfish - with dark dots around the edges and brown lines extending outwards from the centre.
Images taken by William Webber at Freshwater West on 19 July :
Compass Jellyfish
Blue jellyfish
These jellyfish although dead, will still sting when touched underneath or on the tentacles so don't pick them up.
If you've seen jellyfish washed up at your local beach then let us know where, in the comments box below.
The Marine Conservation Society are currently carrying out a jellyfish survey so you canÌýshare your finds with them.
Gull
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Find out more about jellyfish on 91Èȱ¬ Wales Nature
Comment number 1.
At 21st Jul 2009, madkiter wrote:There were thousands of large barrel (I think ) stranded on the hi tide line at Cefn Sidan this evening (21 july). I have never seen so many
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Comment number 2.
At 22nd Jul 2009, gull wrote:Thanks Madkiter,
If you have any jellyfish photos, send them into us at:
wales.nature@bbc.co.uk
In 2003 we had a lot of Barrel strandings in Camarthen Bay:
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