The main species of jellyfish you're likely to encounter on Welsh beaches are: the lion's mane, compass, barrel or root mouth, blue, moon, by-the-wind-sailor, portuguese man-o-war and mauve ...

Image: A compass jellyfish in Aberaeron by Shane Jones. For a small country, Wales has an abundance of coastline which attracts a wide variety of marine life due to our proximity to the Gulf Stream.

Image: A compass jellyfish in Aberaeron by Shane Jones. For a small country, Wales has an abundance of coastline which attracts a wide variety of marine life due to our proximity to the Gulf Stream.