It is becoming a depressingly familiar sight on shorelines around the world. Now Scotland has suffered one if its largest ever mass strandings of whales after 77 beached
Now Scotland has suffered one of its largest mass strandings of whales after 77 beached on the Orkney islands.
This was the distressing scene that greeted marine rescue workers after the large pod of pilot whales became stranded on Tresness Beach on SandayScientists have so far been unable to say exactly why whales beach, or why the numbers of strandings are on the increase along Britain’s shores. A spokeswoman added: ‘Our regional team was immediately mobilised with response equipment to make their way over to the island, whilst we waited for more information on the situation form the small number of medics already on Sanday that were on their way to the scene.
‘The last one was on the Isle of Lewis almost exactly a year ago on July 16, 2023 when 55 pilot whales were stranded with only one successfully refloated. ‘The substrate they’re on is also incredibly soft meaning they have sunk even deeper into the sand when the tide washed over them, so they unfortunately weren’t able to refloat themselves.’
Last year’s incident in the Outer Hebrides was thought to have come after a female experienced issues with birthing although experts were also probing potential underwater noise that might have distress the group.
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