11 Aug 2026

Photo by Phil Hearing   Two whales that washed up and died on the north Norfolk coast between Mundesley and Trimingham on Monday 4 August remain unidentified more than a week later, after experts from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) said the animals looked unlike any known example of their initially suspected species. A […]

03 Mar 2026

Photo by Amy Asher   Volunteers rescuing marine mammals entangled in discarded plastic waste along Yorkshire’s coast attended 41 call-outs in 2025, more than four times the nine recorded in 2019, the BBC reports, in a trend that rescue workers say reflects a worsening crisis of beach litter left behind by holidaymakers. Chris Cook, an area […]