Experts bid to save surviving whales after mass stranding on Scottish island

The stranded whales were spotted on Thursday on Sanday, Orkney (British Divers Marine Life Rescue/PA Wire).

Experts are striving to save 12 pilot whales after 77 stranded on Orkney – almost a year after another mass stranding in Scotland.

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) received a report of a mass stranding of up to 100 long-finned pilot whales on Sanday, Orkney, just before 11 am on Thursday.