{"id":220513,"date":"2025-06-28T05:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/220513\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:28:11","slug":"orca-washes-up-in-yell-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/220513\/","title":{"rendered":"Orca washes up in Yell Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"960\" height=\"540\" class=\"attachment-single-entry size-single-entry wp-post-image\" alt=\"Orca washes up in Yell Sound\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bull-161.jpg\" data- data-uk-img=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bull 161, identified by Hugh Harrop, where he stranded. Photo: Vivian Clark.<\/p>\n<p>A dead killer whale washed up in Yell Sound on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The bull, seen swimming around Sullom Voe over the past couple of days, was identified by local whale watchers as 161 from from a pod known as the Scottish\/Icelandic 12s.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death is currently unknown, but the whale was not found entangled. Sampling and a possible necropsy have been arranged with the Scottish marine animal strandings scheme (Smass).<\/p>\n<p>Local whale watcher Vivian Clark photographed bull 161 playing with seaweed the southeast end of Yell Sound this Tuesday, appearing \u201cmalnourished and thin\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>If you spot a stranding, Smass asks that you report it by calling 07979 245893, or emailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shetlandtimes.co.uk\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"483a2d38273a3c3b083b3c3a29262c21262f3b66273a2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bull 161, identified by Hugh Harrop, where he stranded. Photo: Vivian Clark. A dead killer whale washed up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[71152,56357,729,7653,70,16,15,87090,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-220513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-cetaceans","9":"tag-killer-whales","10":"tag-nature","11":"tag-orcas","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-whale-watching","16":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114759343204197953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}