Jellyfish

This summer there seems to have been much less variety in the local wildlife than we've seen in previous years: a good example of this is the jellyfish.

On our walk at Littleferry on Monday we came across this lion's mane stranded on the previous night's high-tide line, and realised we'd hardly seen a jellyfish all year. A couple of years ago, it wouldn't have been unusual to have seen fifty or more individuals scattered across the sands at low tide, belonging to two or three of the five species we've seen here.

It may be that my illness, during the many weeks of which I didn't get out as much as usual, may explain some of this, but I have the feeling that we would, nevertheless, have expected to see more jellyfish.

Anyway, Golspie could capitalise on this by advertising its beaches as almost jellyfish-free.