2014
NR7066 : Barrel jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo)
taken 9 years ago, near to Cretshengan, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

Barrel jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo)
Washing slowly ashore at Cretshengan Bay, one of two seen this day. These dustbin-lid sized creatures are plankton-eaters, periodically drawn North by warmer Summer waters.