Fifth sperm whale washes up on English coast in Wainfleet

A fifth whale has washed up on the east coast of England, near to where four others have been found since last Friday. The sperm whale is believed to be from the same pod as those found in Hunstanton, Norfolk, and Skegness, Lincolnshire, on Friday and over the weekend.

The fifth was discovered yesterday in Wainfleet, 8km from Skegness.

Graffiti was sprayed on the bodies of two of the whales on the beach near Gibraltar Point in Skegness.