Fishing nets, ropes, bags, plastic cups, and gloves are just some of the items that have been found in the stomach of a sperm whale stranded on a beach. The sperm whale…
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Why are beaked whales stranding again?
Monday, September 10th, 2018
Cuvier’s beaked whale on Baleshare, North Uist, 10/8/2018 © Sarah Dolman/ WDC Since early August, a minimum of 38 Cuvier's beaked whales have stranded, dead, on the coasts of...
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Freezing weather drives mass die-off of sea creatures
Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
Image © Bex Lynham/Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Massive numbers of starfish, crab, mussels and lobsters have been washed up on the North Sea coast of the UK, following the recent...
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Guest Blog: Disentangling a whale of a problem
Monday, December 18th, 2017
In this guest blog, Coastal Communities Network member Ellie MacLennan updates us on her recent trip to the USA and Canada, to understand more about whale entanglement and how this...
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Seal pup cut free from net in Western Isles
Thursday, November 30th, 2017
© British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) A seal pup has been saved after getting tangled up in a length of plastic net in the Western Isles. The five-week-old grey...
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Whale killed by entanglement off Scottish coast
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
A WHALE died off the coast of Scotland as a result of entanglement with a rope – the first tragedy of its kind in a quarter of a century. The...
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