Dead whale removed in six-hour operation from East Lothian beach

The washed up whale. Picture: Dunbar RNLI

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A humpack whale has been removed from an East Lothian beach having washed up dead.

Both of Dunbar RNLI’s lifeboats were involved in the operation on Tuesday night, at Tyninghame.

The whale, which was around nine metres long, was washed up at the John Muir Country Park.

Dead whale washed up on East Lothian beach

Lifeboat volunteers removed the whale. Picture: Dunbar RNLI

It is suspected it could be the same whale which was spotted tangled in a fishing line in the Firth of Forth around a month ago.

Volunteer crews towed the carcass to another beach in Dunbar where a post-mortem could be carried out by the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding team.