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Sperm whale seen again in firth Sperm whale stranded on shoreline
(about 10 hours later)
Conservationists are continuing to monitor a sperm whale in the Inner Moray Firth. A 40ft sperm whale which has been seen in the Highlands is likely to suffer a slow death after becoming beached in shallow water, experts have said.
There have been concerns the adult male, which measures between 40-45ft, would become stranded in shallow water. The adult male spent much of Monday swimming in circles in the Inner Moray Firth.
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) had a report of a sighting of it from Chanonry Point, the Black Isle, on Tuesday morning. It has now beached in just six feet of water on a shoreline at Aulturlie, near Inverness.
Sperm whales are a deep diving species and the Moray Firth does not have the food - large squid - they feed on. The Whale and Conservation Society said the whale will not survive when the high tide goes out.
There had been a sighting of the mammal from Chanonry Point, the Black Isle, on Tuesday morning.
Sperm whales are a deep diving species and the Moray Firth does not have the large squid they feed on.