{"id":422827,"date":"2026-02-13T02:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422827\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T02:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:27:12","slug":"porpoise-found-washed-up-on-thorpeness-beach-in-suffolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422827\/","title":{"rendered":"Porpoise found washed up on Thorpeness beach in Suffolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A walker along Thorpeness beach came across the dolphin-like animal with a significant injury near its head.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He estimated the porpoise was around five feet long.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This article contains an image that some readers may find distressing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The discovery comes as many other animals have been found along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/25837331.two-dead-dolphins-found-washed-pakefield-beach\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">county&#8217;s coastline<\/a> in the last week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Another porpoise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/25838290.dead-porpoise-found-walker-beach-felixstowe\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">was found in Felixstowe<\/a> on Monday and on the same day, two further dolphins washed up in Pakefield.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The porpoise found this week is likely to be a harbour porpoise due to its small size and blunt head.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/25814165.drone-footage-shows-devastating-erosion-impact-thorpeness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drone footage shows devastating erosion impact in Thorpeness<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The porpoise shows signs of injury (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Although porpoises look like dolphins, they are more closely related to belugas and narwhals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  If you find a deceased animal on a beach, it should be reported to the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme on 0800 652 0333.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  You should give a description of the location and date found, overall length, condition of the animal, as well as your contact details, should further information be needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A walker along Thorpeness beach came across the dolphin-like animal with a significant injury near its head. He&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-422827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}