Stranded Whale.

[clydebirder]

Originally Posted by Neil Rigby

Well done!

Fantastic shots John.

What a good example of how the forum can work!

It certainly is, If it wasn't for Ruth's post I wouldn't have found out until I got home last night. I didn't see it today so would have missed out on photographing the animal, It's a rare chance to get a look at these wonderful deep sea mammals. I would prefer it to be out at sea where it should be though.

cheers, John

[clydebirder]

British Divers Marine Life Rescue Vet Consultant Cameron McPherson advised that the whale was last see at around 1500hrs heading West towards the Erskine Bridge.

Hopefuly it will keep going towards the open sea, will post any updates

cheers, John

[Twitcheruth]

Originally Posted by clydebirder

British Divers Marine Life Rescue Vet Consultant Cameron McPherson advised that the whale was last see at around 1500hrs heading West towards the Erskine Bridge.

Hopefuly it will keep going towards the open sea, will post any updates
cheers, John

That's great news John,lets hope it keeps swimming in the right direction!
Thanks for the updates!

[clydebirder]

As far as I know it's not been seen today, there was a possible sighting from Dunoon but from the description sounded more like a Minke Whale (there have been a few Minke's in the area recently)

cheers, John

[clydebirder]

Have just heard from the Marine Life Rescue unit, as of 1300hrs no sightings as yet of the Northern Bottlenose Whale

cheers, John

[Twitcheruth]

Originally Posted by clydebirder

Have just heard from the Marine Life Rescue unit, as of 1300hrs no sightings as yet of the Northern Bottlenose Whale

cheers, John

Hopefully that's good news then John!

[Craig_B]

Originally Posted by clydebirder

Just in from work, here are a few images of the Northern Bottlenose Whale in River Clyde near the SECC, Glasgow.









The British Divers Marine Life Rescue unit is at the scene to monitor the animal.

It doesn't look good for the animal as one of the unit divers said; it looked as if it hadn't eaten for a while. Here's hoping for a happy outcome

cheers, John

John

I am the Police Wildlife Crime officer and Marine Mammal Medic who has been dealing with the whale since Monday. Would you allow me to send these three images down to British Divers Marine Life Rescue HQ along with my own images? We are trying to catalouge this species and this whale in particular as much as we can for id purposes and the image of the blow hole and length of its back to the dorsal is of particular interest.

Craig

[Neil Rigby]

Hi Craig, Great you have dropped in about this.

It would be really interesting to find out what happens next.

Please keep us posted and post any links relevant to what you are doing.

Thank!

[Neil Rigby]

Here are a couple of videos of the Northern Bottlenose Whale seen in the River Clyde, Glasgow....

[Twitcheruth]

Originally Posted by Craig_B

I am the Police Wildlife Crime officer and Marine Mammal Medic who has been dealing with the whale since Monday.
Craig

Welcome Craig,I too would love to know the outcome of your rescue,so do please keep us informed!
Thanks for the video's Neil!