UPDATE - Fifth whale found near Wainfleet


HM Coastguard can confirm that a fifth whale has washed up near Wainfleet.  The area is currently inaccessible, but we have informed the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Receiver of Wreck and the Zoological Society of London.  We cannot comment any further at this time.

 

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