More whales in the Cromaty Firth

August 3, 2009 · Filed Under Nature 

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This time last year we witnessed a Sperm Whale enter the Moray Firth, unfortunately later dying.

Now Bottle-Nosed Whales have been getting stranded off Cromaty:

Marine conservationists are to carry out checks of the Cromarty Firth for a rare deep sea whale which escaped while attempts were made to humanely kill it.

The animal became beached along with another northern bottle-nosed whale on Sunday afternoon near Cromarty.

Vets had injected both whales with drugs to put them to sleep because of injuries sustained out of the water.

A third whale appears to have successfully made its way back out to sea after entering Cromarty Harbour.

It also comes on the heels of a dolphin super-pod being spotted off the Moray coast in June.

Seems the summer months can be a busy time for cetaceans around the Firths.

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2 Responses to “More whales in the Cromaty Firth”

  1. Brian Turner on August 6th, 2009 11:32 am

    Looks like both have actually died:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8186885.stm

  2. Paul on August 6th, 2009 12:31 pm

    I seem to remember that there was a stor some while back about the bottle nosed dolphins attacking and killing Porpoises in the Moray Firth. Does anyone know anything more about this?

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