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Blue sea creatures wash up on Welsh beaches including Tenby

VISITORS to Welsh beaches have been warned not to touch unusual blue sea creatures which have washed ashore along parts of the coastline. Hundreds of velella velella, commonly known as by-the-wind sailors, have been reported on beaches in Anglesey, Gwynedd and Tenby. The small, bright blue marine creatures are free-floating hydrozoans and are related to Portuguese man o’ war, sea anemones and corals. They get their name from a small sail-like st…
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Several hundred small blue marine creatures have been stranded on some parts of the coast in Wales. It is the vellum, often called "wind sea", and confused with physalia. A strange discovery on the Welsh coast. Several hundred blue algae have been spotted on the coast of Wales, especially on the beaches of Anglesey, Gwynedd and Tenby. Frankie Hobro, a specialist in marine life at Anglesey Sea Zoo, warned the BBC that although these creatures are…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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pembrokeshire-herald.com broke the news on Monday, June 22, 2026.
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