Mass strandings of rare fish baffle Orkney residents

Mass strandings of rare fish baffle Orkney residents

Source: BBC Radio Orkney

12/12/2023

Mass strandings of rare fish baffle Orkney residents

People in Orkney have been left baffled by the stranding of thousands of fish on beaches in Shapinsay and Finstown.

Atlantic saury are considered to be rare in local waters.

But in the last few days thousands of them have apparently deliberately swum ashore to die.

Atlantic saury

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