A suspected dolphin was spotted in a river in Lynn, which surprised a mother and daughter who managed to snap a photo.
Nicola Smith captured a video of a fin moving through the River Great Ouse yesterday morning.
While rare around here, they have been seen before, with the last reported sighting being in 2023, when it was confirmed that dolphins were in fact in the water.
“It was my nine-year-old daughter who spotted it. I honestly thought she was pulling my leg,” Nicola, who runs business Sizzler Barbecue Caterers, said.
The pair spotted a fin at around 11.30am, while walking along the river on their way back from a networking group at WhataHoot distillery.
Luke Godwin, from Lynn-based Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, believes the creature was indeed a dolphin.
The fin spotted in the river is believed to be a dolphin. Picture: Nicola Smith
“Given the shape of the dorsal fin, it certainly looks more like a dolphin than a porpoise, but unfortunately, we are not best placed to identify it given the quality of the picture,” he said.
“Although porpoises are more common in this area, dolphins have been seen in The Wash before as long as 30 years ago, and we filmed a pod off the North Norfolk coast in 2022.
“That said, we are not aware of one having been seen in the Lynn river before.”