Jellyfish

Writing workshop: Jellyfish Thinking, Feeling and Being

Bryony Gillard will lead a creative writing workshop exploring relationships between peripheral landscapes, female experience and otherness. Through a series of performative exercises, we will collectively explore spaces between poetry, prose, visual art and autobiography.

This workshop is aimed at people identifying as female or non-binary who have an interest in writing — no previous experience is necessary.

Free admission, booking essential

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Jellyfish blooming in warmer SW waters

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), the UK’s leading marine charity, says the number of jellyfish blooms- when jellies mass together - in UK coastal waters is on the increase as our seas start to warm up.

Every summer hundreds of reports of jellyfish sightings are made to the MCS National Jellyfish Survey – now in its 14th year. The survey is providing valuable information about...

Another big year for jellyfish smacks

Massive barrel jellyfish have appeared in record numbers for a second consecutive year, whilst in July huge numbers of mauve stingers were reported off Guernsey, and the potentially dangerous Portuguese Man O War has been washing up on beaches in the South West.

The rise of jellyfish in UK seas can no longer be ignored, and that more dedicated research and monitoring is needed to...

Jellyfish help to provide calming ward environment

A big thank you to Derriford Hospital’s League of Friends, for purchasing an artificial jellyfish tank for the patient day room on Hembury Ward.

Coming into hospital can be distressing, especially for those patients living with dementia, when routine and familiarity is broken. Many patients become disorientated, frustrated and can be agitated.

Hembury Ward have been working...

Warmer weather brings increased numbers of jellyfish to our shores

The UK’s leading marine charity says people visiting the beach this summer should keep their eyes peeled for wobbly visitors who act as a barometer of the seas. After a slow start this year, jellyfish blooms started increasing in June and July as our coastal waters warmed up.

Every summer hundreds of reports of jellyfish sightings are made to the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS)...