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Nature Notes By brushing against nettles. Mauve stingers
give a highly irritating sting with a
burning sensation which can result in
David Williams nausea, blisters and scabs.
It’s best to look at those washed up
but not to touch. If stung in the water,
Crushed whelk shells get out immediately and remove any
from Cardigan Bay tentacles or stings still attached to your
skin. As long as they are attached, they
have the potential to keep on stinging.
Use for f you like them or not, you may concentration and few predators. Remove with gloves, if at all possible, just
• Plant pot and terrarium dressing well spot some summer visitors There are six species commonly in case it stings your hand. Scraping the
• Garden borders and beds washed up along our coastline.
• Drainage layer to aid run-off During the summer months found in our waters. Each one can sting affected area with a credit card can help
• Surface mulch to retain moisture whether dead or alive as long as the remove any lingering stings. Warm water
• Natural, gentle, pest control it’s possible to find jellyfish animal is still wet. While any part is and vinegar can both help relieve the
Iwashed up on our beaches here
A great alternative to quarried grit or gravel in Ceredigion and elsewhere in the UK, hydrated, particularly the tentacles, they stinging sensation. If in doubt always get
Bulk quantities available on request can still sting. Compass jellyfish have medical help or aid from any available
particularly along west and south coasts. markings like that of a compass and beach patrol.
Jellyfish can be seen here at any time
Blooms of jellyfish were spotted off
www.shellonearth.co.uk between April and September especially can give a feeling like stinging nettles if the coast of Ynyslas a few weeks back,
stung. Barrel jellyfish give a weak sting.
after rough seas. They have been around Moon jellyfish with four white rings have reported by local boat users. Many were
for millions of years, being the oldest a sting not strong enough to penetrate a washed up on the shoreline as the tide
multi organ animal species on the planet human. Lion’s main jellyfish with orange receded providing some interesting
SWYDDI crustaceans, fish eggs, small fish and and red tentacles can give a nasty sting photographic opportunities. It made
which is alive today. They eat plankton,
a walk along the beach even more
and medical attention is recommended.
other jellyfish. They don’t have many
Blue jellyfish again give the feeling of
interesting.
JOBS predators, if any, within UK waters as
they are top of their own food chain.
Jellyfish can be found all over the world
ranging in size from the smallest bells of
0.5mm to ones with tentacles 36.5 metres
> Lle gwych i > A great place long. The ones visiting British waters
fyw a gweithio to live and work aren’t of such extreme sizes.
They tend to congregate in oxygen
poor waters where plankton is abundant.
While other plankton eating creatures
find it difficult to survive there, it’s
just the right conditions for jellyfish.
As jellyfish numbers increase through
rapid reproduction, sometimes to
Afternoon Tea & Dining overwhelming numbers, other ocean
available daily species can find it difficult to survive in
that area. Blooms are becoming more
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cluster together when the conditions
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warming sea temperatures, more
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greater amounts of food, higher oxygen

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