{"id":437,"date":"2018-09-26T10:42:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T10:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/?p=437"},"modified":"2018-09-26T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T11:12:05","slug":"impromptu-school-trip-involving-a-pilot-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/urafirth\/2018\/09\/26\/impromptu-school-trip-involving-a-pilot-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Impromptu School Trip, involving a Pilot Whale?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A phone call from one of our grandparents led to an impromptu visit to the\u00a0local Boat Shed near Stonecouple.\u00a0 A\u00a0whale had been washed up, dead, onto the shore…<\/p>\n

Jan and Pete from Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary had been to visit and were able to confirm it was an older pilot whale.\u00a0 The reason it died is not yet known.<\/p>\n