A SEA kayak tour guide has recently "kayaked in jellyfish soup" off the west coast of Scotland.
Guide Chris Denehy spotted the creatures on a paddle with his daughter.
He explained: "I run Clearwater Paddling, a sea kayak guiding company based on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides.
"I was leading a group exploring the cliffs and caves on the west coast of Barra when my 15-year-old daughter Ellie spotted the compass jellyfish in a rocky gully. They were in a steep sided rocky inlet on Grean Head.
"I jokingly said it was like 'kayaking in jellyfish soup gently stirred by a kayak paddle'."
Named as their markings make them resemble a compass, the jellyfish can give a nasty sting, continuing even after their tentacles detach.
Chris adds: "Over the last 25 years I have seen large groups of jellyfish over the summer months when we are out kayaking, but this was totally exceptional and fascinating to have such a close up encounter.
"But not perhaps the best place to capsize out of a kayak."
Compass jellyfish can be seen in British waters from May to October.
