A dead harbour porpoise has been discovered at a beach in South Shields.
The creature's carcass was found washed up on the sand at Sandhaven Beach by photographer Steven Lomas in the early hours of Thursday morning, March 2.
The sad discovery was made at around 6.35am and Steven then alerted the British Divers Marine Life Rescue. It is believed that the creature has since been removed from the seafront with a post-mortem examination due to be carried out.
