Jellyfish Sighting

We need your help!

At present our understanding of where and when jellyfish occur in the IrishSea remains limited. Yet to fully understand how jellyfish impact on fisheries and tourism it is important that we gather as much information about jellyfish as possible.

And that's where you can help... any sighting of a jellyfish, whether it is stranded on a beach, or whether you saw one while you were diving or from your boat, is hugely important to this project.

To report a sighting/stranding of a jellyfish click here.

Report A Jellyfish

Please fill out this form if you have seen a jellyfish.

Your Name (first & last):
Your Postal Address:
Your Email Address:
Date of sighting/stranding:	Exact day, month, year. If not known, please give approx. e.g. March 2004
Please describe the locality where you saw the jellyfish:	E.g. 1 'Three miles SW off Hook Head' E.g. 2 'Washed up on Curracloe Beach'
Where did you see the jellyfish? On a beach: From a boat/platform: While diving: Other (Please specify):
Nearest town & name of County/region (e.g. Llangranog, Caredigion):
Please fill out the Species/Abundance Table below to indicate what jellyfish you saw and how many. (Click here for example table)
Jellyfish Table For identification of jellyfish please click on the jellyfish name for image and/or download our jellyfish ID Card.
Abundance (e.g. between 1 and 10 jellyfish) Species 1-10 11-50 51-100 101-500 >500 Common Jellyfish Aurelia aurita Barrel Jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus Blue Jellyfish Cyanea lamarckii Lion's Mane Jellyfish Cyanea capillata Compass Jellyfish Chrysaora hysoscella Pelagia Jellyfish Pelagia noctilucs By-the-wind-sailor Velella velella Portuguese Man'o-war Physalia physalis Unknown Please give a description of the jellyfish (especially its size and colour/markings)
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------------------------------------------- Example: If you saw two common jellyfish and approximately 60 barrel jellyfish on Whitford Sands Beach, here is how you would fill out the Species/Abundance Table
Abundance (e.g. between 1 and 10 jellyfish) Species 1-10 11-50 51-100 101-500 >500 Common Jellyfish Aurelia aurita Barrel Jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus Blue Jellyfish Cyanea lamarckii Lion's Mane Jellyfish Cyanea capillata Compass Jellyfish Chrysaora hysoscella Pelagia Jellyfish Pelagia noctilucs By-the-wind-sailor Velella velella Portuguese Man'o-war Physalia physalis Unknown Please give a description of the jellyfish (especially its size and colour/markings)