The BDMLR said it was not the aforesaid pod of whales which was herded retired of the River Thames astatine the weekend arsenic the region betwixt the locations was further than the taxon could aquatics successful 24 hours.
Local boats were launched with medics connected committee to effort to herd the whales offshore to halt them from stranding.
But the animals remained tightly packed astir 1 of the largest, which was lying motionless connected its side.
The teams were stood down aft losing the airy connected Sunday.
Earlier connected Monday, the BDMLR said astir a twelve had been stranded connected Coquet Island astir rocky terrain.
On investigation, six animals were recovered - 5 ashore and 1 afloat.
Two of the stranded whales were confirmed to person died, the BDMLR said.
Due to the tides and constricted entree to the island, attempts to refloat the unrecorded animals were not imaginable and the teams withdrew erstwhile again.
The BDMLR said it would stay on the coast, acceptable to supply attraction and effort to refloat those which were steadfast enough.
The RSPB said its unit from adjacent Coquet Island were continuing to enactment the BDMLR's effect to the incident.
"This is simply a distressing concern and our thoughts are with each those progressive successful the response," a spokesperson said.
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