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SEA experts have been left baffled after thousands of starfish washed up on a Scots beach.<\/p>\n
The five-pointed creatures were discovered by wild swimmers at Wardie Bay in Granton, Edinburgh<\/a>, yesterday morning.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Scottish Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Thousands of starfish washed up on the beach in EdinburghCredit: Alan Simpson<\/p>\n They were discovered at Wardie BayCredit: Alan Simpson<\/p>\n They took some of the marine critters<\/a> back into the sea in a bid to save them.<\/p>\n The beach-goers were left \u201cshocked\u201d by the discovery.<\/p>\n Many of the underwater beasts had sadly died on the shores in the Scottish capital after being thrown from the water<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the swimmers, Hannah Foster, 27, told of their attempts to help the stranded pink invertebrates.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t MORGUE SHAME<\/p>\n NHS has \u2018repeatedly released wrong bodies\u2019 to grieving families in Scotland<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t ‘ASHAMED’<\/p>\n Mum of twisted Scots catfish nurse breaks silence on daughter’s horrific crimes<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n She told BBC Scotland<\/a>: \u201cIt was really sad and bizarre to see them all washed up and tangled in the seaweed, there were so many.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was so cold last night that half of them were all frozen and dead.<\/p>\n \u201cWe did a short swim and took some with us that looked like they still had colour in a bid to save them.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if it would have done anything but you always have to try in these situations.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read in The Scottish Sun\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Marine biologists are keen to find out why thousands of the seabed dwellers ended up beached on the sands of Wardie Bay.<\/p>\n Starfish are often dislodged by stormy weather<\/a> and end up on the shore.<\/p>\n If they don\u2019t get back into the water soon then they can die of exposure.<\/p>\n Boffins also believe the recent drop in temperatures could have dislodged them from the seabed and caused the mass beaching.<\/p>\n Scotland<\/a> has recently seen a freezing start to winter<\/a>, with sub-zero temperatures taking hold.<\/p>\n Dr Alasdair O\u2019Dell, a marine biologist at the Scottish Association for Marine Science<\/a> (SAMS) added: \u201cThere are a number of factors to consider when events<\/a> like this occur, so there\u2019s no sure way of knowing what caused it without a thorough investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, stormy weather and the recent rapid change in temperature could have been contributing factors.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/newspress-collage-9fqe79ep7-1767945394867.jpg\"\/)
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