Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Fin whale

A rare fin whale, second in size only to the blue whale, one of the largest animals in the world has been washed up on the beach near Kimmeridge. This is a young male, 44ft long (13.6 metres). Photograph courtesy of Ilay Cooper, author of Purbeck Revealed (available in all good bookshops, and some good pubs, at least at the Square and Compass).

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

There will be lots more sea creatures washed up if Navitus Wind Farm goes ahead, because of the water noise and shock waves.

RobO

Anonymous said...

I'm against the Wind Farm. However, I suspect the turbine foundations will form artificial reefs which will be good for fish, and that will, in turn, be good for birds and sea mammals.

Anonymous said...

Water noise? Can't be worse than the sound of waves hitting the rocky coast.

Let's be rational when arguing against Navitus.

Anonymous said...

Beautifully emotive image.

Anonymous said...

The underwater warfare research centre on the eastern side of Portland (by HMS OSPREY)caused fish, dolphins etc to vacate the area in the 1960 through '90s. However because the Channel is so shallow off Dorset and atomic submarines could not exercise submerged the Portland Naval Base was closed.

Anonymous said...

Have a look at this for 3rd November......http://swanagecoastguard.blogspot.co.uk/

Anonymous said...

@ 4.58PM And your point is?

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the link to swanagecoastguard, who provided a link to some great photos of the whale at
http://kerv.org.uk/

Anonymous said...

Great photos and also great movie - How to blow up a whale............

Anonymous said...

Whale meat again, don't know where don't know when...

Anonymous said...

Love it!

Anonymous said...

It is, more accurately, a mammal, not 'an animal'.

The Postman said...

Far be it from me to be picky... but I think it's an animal... that happens to be a mammal rather than a fish....