The Gregale winds and strong sea currents brought some unlikely visitors to Marsaskala bay this morning with swarms of purple jellyfish seen washing along the shores.

A Marsaskala resident sent in these photos of what he described as "purple blotches" in the sea all along the promenade. Some jellyfish even washed ashore as the sea battered against the rocks.

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