Stranding expert Emma Neave-Webb said there would be some post-mortem examinations.
Cetacean experts from around the UK are due to arrive in Orkney to begin examinations and post-mortems on a stranded pod of 77 pilot whales.
Experts from the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme and UK Cetacean Stranding Investigation Programme will begin examinations of the pod, using tissue samples to establish the cause of the stranding. Stranding expert
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