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"A huge mass stranding of By-the-wind Sailors, Velella velella, occurred all along the north Cornish coast from Sennen Cove (near land's End) up to Polzeath (near Padstow) and beyond. (As the gull flies this is a distance of 25 miles and with all the coves and inlets the shoreline is over double this.) Coming in on the top of the tide, there were hundreds of millions of them, all large, the largest I found was 85 mm, and all them were intact. Tens of thousands of Goose Barnacles, Lepas anatifera, were washed up along the strandline."
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/News2004.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/outdoors/nature/2004/jellyfish.shtml
"Hurricane Alex is being blamed for washing ashore thousands of Compass Jellyfish in the South West.........Marine experts believe the jellyfish - which can sting if touched - have been caught up in the rough seas caused by Hurricane Alex.
They have been spotted on beaches on the north and south coasts of Devon and Cornwall, and they are also out in our coastal waters.
The presence of so many compass jellyfish is good news for the region's leatherback turtle.
The endangered turtles rely on the jellyfish as their staple diet, and it's hoped more will be seen off our coast as a result of the influx.
Jellyfish washed ashore at Cawsands, just south of Plymouth
Yachtsmen and boat owners have reported seeing hundreds and thousands of the jellyfish, which have brown lines on their bell and are distinctive for their long trailing tentacles."
i hope to go and have a look tommorow..aparently the stench is incredible!
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/News2004.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/outdoors/nature/2004/jellyfish.shtml
"Hurricane Alex is being blamed for washing ashore thousands of Compass Jellyfish in the South West.........Marine experts believe the jellyfish - which can sting if touched - have been caught up in the rough seas caused by Hurricane Alex.
They have been spotted on beaches on the north and south coasts of Devon and Cornwall, and they are also out in our coastal waters.
The presence of so many compass jellyfish is good news for the region's leatherback turtle.
The endangered turtles rely on the jellyfish as their staple diet, and it's hoped more will be seen off our coast as a result of the influx.
Jellyfish washed ashore at Cawsands, just south of Plymouth
Yachtsmen and boat owners have reported seeing hundreds and thousands of the jellyfish, which have brown lines on their bell and are distinctive for their long trailing tentacles."
i hope to go and have a look tommorow..aparently the stench is incredible!