Three whales that washed up on the Suffolk coast may have died after becoming disorientated by offshore windfarms, marine experts believe.
The coastguard received reports of a minke whale calf that had become separated from its mother on Friday night. By the next afternoon it had been found dead at the mouth of the River Ore and its mother was found washed up near Felixstowe. Yesterday another dead adult was seen off the Harwich coast. They are likely to have come from the same pod meaning that an entire family could have been lost.
Council staff are trying to establish what happened before they dispose of the carcasses, one of which is about seven metres long and likely to weigh more than five tonnes. Wildlife