A Powys woman encountered a “huge” barrel jellyfish washed up on a beach, larger than any other she had seen from her years of visiting Welsh beaches.

While enjoying a family day out on Ynyslas beach, located within the Dyfi Nature Reserve between Machynlleth and Aberystwyth, Caersws resident Glenys Vivers encountered a jellyfish washed up on the shore.

The large jellyfish, which Glenys found on Sunday, May 19, was reportedly over a meter wide and was so large that from a distance she mistook it for an octopus.

She said: “We were having a family day out last Sunday as the weather was lovely, but as we got to Ynaslas beach a thick sea mist had come in, so when we walked towards the water, I could see something large on the waters edge coming into sight.