Jelly pots are sure to make a fun addition to your little one’s lunch. If jelly isn’t for you, you can’t go wrong with some ice cream. For those on the hunt for a decadent dessert to finish off your meals with, we’ve got a great selection of cake slices. And have a look at our frozen cheesecakes for a rich and creamy delight. Don’t forget to grab some doughnuts and pies while you set the table for your breakfasts and brunches.

If people do get stung, any tentacles attached to the skin should be removed and the area washed with salt or fresh water. Kent Wildlife Trust, 2018.Kent Wildlife Trust Shoresearch Intertidal Survey 2004 onwards.Occurrence dataset: https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/ accessed via NBNAtlas.org on 2018-10-01. Fife Nature Records Centre, 2018. St Andrews BioBlitz 2015. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/xtrbvy accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-09-27. National Trust, 2017. National Trust Species Records. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/opc6g1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-01.Cofnod – North Wales Environmental Information Service, 2018. Miscellaneous records held on the Cofnod database. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/hcgqsi accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-09-25. To find out if there are jellyfish sightings in your local area, visit the Marine Conservation Society. They have a jellyfish watch so people can report their sightings and a map with recent sightings on. Jellyfish in Cornish Waters

The only species to be concerned about as a swimmer is the Portuguese Man o War. These are in a different group to the ones outlined above and can produce quite severe reactions in humans, they can have very long tentacles extending out from the float and main body. These occur in small numbers most years and usually in the autumn. However in some years they are extremely abundant.” (SB) Jellyfish come under a group called cnidarians and are invertebrate multicellular beings. They’ve been around for approximately 500 million years since the dinosaurs and are one of the earliest life forms that formed in the oceans. They eat a variety of different things from plankton to fish. Generally the more vicious the sting, the bigger the thing they eat. For example, the Portuguese Man-o-War eat fish so they have quite a nasty sting to immobilise their prey, whereas things like the moon jellyfish eat plankton so they don’t need a nasty sting.” (VH)

It can occur in vast swarms and if there are strong westerly and south-westerly winds blowing in from the Atlantic Ocean in the late summer and autumn months, huge numbers are stranded along the South West and Welsh coastlines, although this is rare. Also known as the dustbin lid jellyfish, this species is found mostly around the west and south coasts of the British Isles, although they can also show up around the Welsh coast and elsewhere in around the UK from time to time. They are also found throughout European waters, especially in the Mediterranean. They are a large jellyfish species, reaching up to a metre across in exceptional specimens, although they are usually half this size in British waters. The usual colour is white to pale yellow. This species of jellyfish is easily identified by its domed bell upper section and trailing tentacles, the upper portions of which are often referred to as resembling the appearance of a cauliflower. The barrel jellyfish feeds by catching plankton and microscopic mid-water crustaceans in its tentacles as it floats through the water. Like most jellyfish species the barrel jellyfish is much more likely to be found in British waters in the warmer months of the year.