Rare whale dies on shore

NNN-  A young whale which died after it beached in the Humber Estuary is probably of a species rarely found stranded on the east British coast, conservationists have said. Experts examining the 10 meters long animal, which died about 800m from the shoreline, say they are 95% sure it is a female sei whale. The animal was trapped in shallow water near the East Yorkshire village of Skeffling, on the north bank of the River Humber. Andy Gibson, of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, said Sei whale stranding were very rare. He said there had only been three stranding of this species in UK waters in the last 20 years. Photo courtesy of worldpress.org --- NNN