{"id":727201,"date":"2026-08-04T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727201\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:48:10","slug":"two-dead-whales-wash-up-between-mundesley-and-trimingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727201\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dead whales wash up between Mundesley and Trimingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Experts are currently working to determine the species of the giant mammals, which washed up between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26277319.mundesley-beach-north-norfolk-named-best-staycation\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mundesley and Trimingham<\/a> on Monday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Officers from North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) are working with the Institute of Zoology to learn more about their cause of death, which remains a mystery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Two whales have washed up between Mundesley and Trimingham. (Image: NNDC)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is understood that recovery is due to take place later today, during low tide.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Beachgoers have been urged to avoid the carcasses in the meantime.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesman for the NNDC said: &#8220;We aim to clear the beach as soon as possible, but have to work around the tides and ensure that important information is collected before the remains are disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Beachgoers have been urged to avoid the carcasses. (Image: NNDC)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;While work to clear the beach continues members of the public are asked to avoid disturbing the whales and to keep a distance from activity around them.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Last week, a dead minke whale washed up on Hemsby beach.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The animal was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26414953.dead-whale-hemsby-beach-removed-council-using-trailer\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hauled off the beach using a trailer by the council four days after it washed ashore.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Experts are currently working to determine the species of the giant mammals, which washed up between Mundesley and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-727201","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\/727201","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=727201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}