Een bijzondere stranding en reddingsactie op 4 januari in de Baai van Newark, vlakbij het eiland Sanday dat behoort tot de Schotse Orkney eilanden groep. Lokale bewoners meldde aan hulpverlenersorganisatie British Divers Marine Life Rescue dat er een levend gestrande dolfijn was aangetroffen.
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Alle gestrande potvissen zijn overleden
Volgens een bericht door British Divers Marine Life Rescue van donderdag 24 dec 2020 17u15, heeft van de 10 potvissen die donderdagochtend bij het Britse Withernsea strandde, geen enkel dier het overleefd.
2 Common Dolphins refloated from beach
Earlier today, Monday 30th November, our BDMLR Orkney – Public team attended two Common Dolphins which had live stranded in Kettletoft Bay, Sanday. The dolphins had been spotted by a resident who happened to be passing. On arrival to the stranding site, our medics found the animals upright on the sand and in very good condition.
Whale sadly dies after becoming stranded in water close to Glasgow Airport
British Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) were called to the Black Cart Water shortly before 11am today after receiving reports of sightings that the marine mammal was in distress. >> read more …
Whale dead after becoming stranded near Glasgow Airport in Black Cart Water
A whale has sadly died after becoming stranded in Black Cart Water near Glasgow Airport. British Divers Marine Life Rescue have since confirmed to Glasgow Live the whale could not be saved. >> read more …
Dramatic whale rescue launched near Glasgow Airport as marine divers help stricken animal
Staff from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue confirmed they were dealing with the northern bottlenose whale at Black Cart water. >> read more … foto credits: By Cephas – Deepdivewhales, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74915483
Bottlenose whales shepherded out of Scottish loch ahead of Nato drills
Rescuers shepherded a pod of three northern bottlenose whales from a Scottish loch on Thursday before a major international military exercise. >> read more … foto credits: By Cephas – Deepdivewhales, CC BY-SA 4.0
Eerste grijze zeehondenpups op Welshe kust
Einde augustus en de eerste grijze zeehondenpups verschijnen nu ook al op de kust van Wales.
Gewone spitssnuitdolfijnen levend gestrand op Britse kust
This weekend British Divers Marine Life Rescue had two separate incidents involving Sowerby’s beaked whales becoming live stranded in England.
foto credits: British Marine Life rescue
Stranded dolphin saved in five-hour rescue operation in Cornwall
At around 08:20 on Monday 10th August, a call was received on the BDMLR hotline regarding a common dolphin in the shallows at Mawgan Creek in the Helford Estuary, near Helston. The area is well known as a strandings trap for dolphins with many tidal muddy creeks, and a team of Marine Mammal Medics led by Cornwall Area Coordinator Dan Jarvis were dispatched immediately.
Minke whale on Hartlepool coast saved from being stranded
A minke whale in danger of being stranded on a beach has been rescued. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said mammal medics and the local coastguard team had supported the whale in the water until specialist equipment arrived. >> read more …
Fin whale on Welsh coast has died
The fin whale has been found stranded once again this morning and a team from the Coastguard and a licensed drone pilot with permission to fly the area have been observing it from a distance. Sadly, though expected, there appear to be no signs of life left.
foto credits: Gem Simmons – British Divers Marine Life Rescue
South Uist pilot whale stranding update
On Saturday morning the surviving pilot whales that were refloated by the islanders on South Uist following the mass stranding incident on Friday were Sunday Morning still in the area close to the shore.
Grienden gestrand op Schotse Hebriden
Vrijdagochtend kreeg British Divers Marine Life Rescue van enkele Grienden gestrand op Lochboisdale, South Uist, Outer Hebrides.
Gewone vinvis Dee-estuarium
Vrijdag 12 juni is een jonge Gewone vinvis levend gestrand in het Dee-estuarium in Noord Wales. Vrijwilligers van British Divers Marine Life Rescue zijn sindsdien ter plaatse om het dier bij te staan.
The common tree seal
This common seal thought he would have a snooze on a fallen tree in the river in Aberdeen yesterday!
Photo Credit: Jamie Shinobi Lee
Dwergvinvis op Brits strand
British Divers Marine Life Rescue kreeg zondag melding van een levnd gestrande dwergvinvis in Pettycur Bay niet ver van Edinburgh.
Levende dolfijn op kust van Noord-Wales
Wales, 17 maart 2020 – Just after 10.30am on Tuesday 17th March, BDMLR were called by a member of public who had come across a stranded dolphin on a sandbank near Llanfairfechan in North West Wales. All we knew from the initial report was that the animal was alive and was surrounded by a small amount of water and the tide was almost at its lowest point.
Netted seal at Eoropie Beach, Isle of Lewis
On Thursday 27th February BDMLR received a call from a lady at Ness, Isle of Lewis who had been contacted by a friend who while walking on Eoropie Beach had come across a young grey seal, it’s head completely smothered in a mound of fishing ropes.
Autopsieverslag Britse potvis
British Divers Marine Life Rescue hebben zojuist het autopsieverslag bekend gemaakt van de potvis die in het Thames estuarium strandde en overleed.
Photo Credit: CSIP-ZSL
Jonge witsnuitdolfijn op Britse kust
Op de oostkust van Engeland is vandaag een jonge witsnuitdolfijn levend gestrand. Hulpverlenersorganisatie British Divers Marine Life Rescue ontving rond elf uur vanochtend een eerste melding dat er op het strand van Redcar een dolfijn of bruinvis in de branding lag.