{"id":774780,"date":"2026-09-18T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/774780\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:20:10","slug":"whales-spotted-in-thames-in-tilbury-in-rare-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/774780\/","title":{"rendered":"Whales spotted in Thames in Tilbury in rare sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Long-finned pilot whales typically favour cooler, temperate waters beyond the continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The BDMLR spokesperson added: &#8220;Whales seen swimming in shallow or enclosed waterways are not necessarily in trouble. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;However, they are at an increased risk of stranding from changing tides, vessel traffic and disturbance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Members of the public have been asked not to share the whales&#8217; location online while they are in the area, because noise, crowds and vessel activity could cause additional stress and disrupt natural behaviour, which could also put them at risk of stranding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Their welfare must remain a priority whilst they remain in the Thames Estuary and wider region,&#8221; added the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Do you have a story suggestion for Essex? Contact us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long-finned pilot whales typically favour cooler, temperate waters beyond the continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean. The BDMLR&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-774780","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\/774780","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=774780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}