Dolphin first spotted nine days ago was undernourished and probably relatively aged, tests showA two-metre-long dolphin believed to have been spotted nine days ago in London after swimming its way up the river Thames has died. The creature, christened the Thames dolphin, was first spotted on 30 October and had since been seen ranging up and down the stretch of river that winds through the capital. Head to Canary Wharf | Philip Hoare Read morePolice confirmed that a dolphin had been found dead after becoming beached on the foreshore of the southern bank of the river at Wandsworth, south London. The marine policing unit tweeted: “Sad to tell you that a dead common dolphin was washed up on the foreshore at Wandsworth yesterday. Photograph: CSIP/ZSL/PAHe said: “We have been doing this work for 27 years and we have only ever had 12 common dolphin strandings on the east coast.

Source: The Guardian November 08, 2017 20:03 UTC