Pod of hundreds of dolphins causing ‘quite a stir’ in Scarborough

Hundreds of dolphins have been causing “quite a stir” by frolicking and fishing in the North Sea off Scarborough.

The pod of bottlenose dolphins, thought to number 225, is believed to have made its way south from the Moray Firth in Scotland.

Amateur naturalist Fred Tiles, 70, said the pod had come “really close to shore and Marine Drive is filled with people with binoculars and cameras watching them breaching and throwing fish”.

Meanwhile, Grant Ellis from The Sea Mammal Research Unit, said: “The population has been increasing in Scotland, so it could be that they’re finding new areas of habitat and that the Yorkshire coastline is good for them.”