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weather and there have been increased sightings of adders in the area. However, it’s not just the farmers who are hoping


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Lots to enjoy in the Great Outdoors


he heat is on and the weather has an unsurprising impact on nature and wildlife. Insects, reptiles and toads love the warmer


Top tips to help wildlife: ✿ Keep any bird baths refilled


✿ Let the flowers and vegetables run to seed to provide food for birds and other wildlife


for rain for their crops and livestock – spare a thought for badgers and hedgehogs who struggle to dig up essential food when the ground is hardened by the sun and the worms dig deeper than usual.


Bloomin’ Jellyfish!


The warm weather seems to have brought an abundance of jellyfish to the coastline and our beaches. You’ll notice these mystical creatures come in different shapes, sizes and colours and unlike many other species, jellyfish populations seem to be booming with the changes in climate.


Most common jellyfish to look out for in English waters are:


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Moon jellyfish – four white rings


Compass jelly- fish – dark com-


pass markings with nettle-like sting


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Blue jellyfish – bright blue with


nettle-like sting.


Barrel jellyfish – recognisable


by its size but with a weak sting.


Lions’s mane jellyfish with


red and orange tentacles.


Mauve stinger Mauve-brown


or purple in colour with a highly irritating sting.


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Did you know?. • Jellyfish are not actually fish


• They are some of the oldest living creatures on earth… they’ve been around for at least 600 million years – longer than dinosaurs, insects and trees.


• These alien like creatures have no brains, no heart, no blood and no bones.


• Jellyfish can clone themselves. When injured the damaged tissue cells regenerate as fully-grown jellyfish.


• A group of jellyfish is called a bloom, swarm or smack


• Jellyfish can sting dead or alive (as long as the tentacles are wet).


• They don’t control their movement or direction - they are carried by water currents.


• Jellyfish both feed and discard waste through their mouth which is found in the centre of its body.


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✿ Keep your flowers watered to keep bees and pollinators in business


✿ Maintain log or stone piles to provide much needed damp and shaded conditions for wildlife


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