{"id":708880,"date":"2026-07-24T13:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708880\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:37:08","slug":"dead-minke-whale-washes-up-on-hemsby-beach-in-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708880\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Minke whale washes up on Hemsby beach in Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The giant mammal is understood to have washed up on the sand at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26296752.hemsby-lifeboat-called-disturbance-norfolk-broads-boat\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hemsby, near Great Yarmouth,<\/a> sometime on Thursday evening.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dan Goldsmith, of the Marine and Wildlife Rescue, has identified the creature as a minke whale.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Dan Goldsmith from the Marine and Wildlife Rescue. (Image: Dan Goldsmith)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Goldsmith said: &#8220;They are often seen along the coast. We have had a few wash up in Norfolk over the years.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Minke whales can weigh up to 20,000 pounds, making them the smallest of the great baleen whales.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The discovery comes after several videos of a whale in the sea near the village were posted over the last few days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesman for Great Yarmouth Borough Council said: &#8220;The council is in the process of removing the dead whale from the beach at Hemsby.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;However, it is quite a complex task because of the weight of the animal and its condition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The tide patterns, which limit the time when work can be carried out, are also a factor. It may take some time for the animal to be removed safely, and it is important people stay away from the animal while the work is carried out.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The whale is one of several which have washed up around the shores of\u00a0Norfolk over the years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In June 2023, a minke whale washed up on Old Hunstanton beach and in December 2019,\u00a0a dead 30ft minke whale was found washed up at Heacham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The giant mammal is understood to have washed up on the sand at Hemsby, near Great Yarmouth, sometime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-708880","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\/708880","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=708880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}