Campers spotted a dead sperm whale washed up on a Welsh beach on Bank Holiday Monday. The Abersoch Coastguard Rescue team was called out just before 9am after the beached mammal was discovered on Porth Neigwl (Hell's Mouth), near Abersoch in Gwynedd.
The rescue team contacted British Divers Marine Life Rescue who confirmed the animal was dead. Earlier this month, another whale carcass washed up onto a UK beach. You can see pictures here of the eight-hour operation to move the 30-tonne mammal from the beach.
People are being urged not to approach the creature at Porth Neigwl to allow an autopsy to be carried out.
