General Chat

Crikey, that news agency got it wrong again!

just spoke to my photographer and he's watching it off the ALbert Bridge so still a fair way from putney yet

Zoe, It's past there now - it's as far upstream as Putney. CB >|<

sorry for not keeping you all updated. Whale continuedupstream and got inbetween Battersea and ALbert Bridges where he attempte dto beach again but was pushed back out. He's now spent the last our or so swimming around near Albert and CHelsea Bridge. High tideis at 6.01pm so if he's 'resting' ie.e floating as the tide starts to go back out he should go downstream again and toward the sea Zoe

My husband reckons he's heard the whale was last sighted around Putney Bridge, so the poor thing's obviously swimming in the wrong direction - it's heading inland into shallower and narrower fresh water. CB >|<

Oh dear. Maybe I shouldn't have bothered. My husband says he's not seen a whale in the Thames from his office window, but perhaps it's swum further along to Charing Cross or some other whale weigh station! Collective groaning on a count of 3, please. CB >|<

Zoe, are you sure its not 'Michael Winner 'having a swim. Hal. :o)))>

you pullin my leg, im gullable mind i dont think that life boat will be able to lift him on board !

My husband's office overlooks the Thames, just downstream from the Houses of Parliament. I've just emailed him to ask if he knows about it. I'll look out for it in the London Evening papers. CB >|<

just googled bottle nose whale appears their habitat is off the coast of nova scotia up to iceland they prefer deep water normally 1000 metres deep the adult grows to 33 feet and several tons life span of 37 years the female comes into season round 8 to 12 years old the male a year or so ealier they are a protected species as from 1977 and were nearly pretty much wiped out due to them being so easy to catch they wre fished very heavily for between 1850 and 1973 these mammals have been sighted off the coast of belguim france and the uk in the past they say these whales are NEVER seen in water LESS than 800 metres deep ( they are wrong eh ??????) due to the aid of migratory marking its been found in 1989 to 1999 there were 130 of these mammals on the scotian shelf an estimate in 1997 of 213 does not represent a decline in their numbers

I don't think thats blood - I think thats all the sandy stuff being stirred up as he moves his tail

The poor thing, I really hope He/she is okay, I cant stand it when these things happen, Get home safely!! Roxanne x

all these big fish in our rivers makes my kipper in the fridge look stupid LMAO malc now hearing its a bottle nose whale a very deep diving whale looks like its in distress though

Oh no its Beached itself again :-( And its definatly bleeding!

wow, i wishj i was closer sop i could run down! My home is close to Southend too, and i live right next to the thames (grays beach) xx

paul we have a dolphin in portsmouth harbour...they have named it spinnaker after the spinnaker towerxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(((((:

Incredible hope it will be ok. Yes Mandy there will be more of this kind of thing hapenning I should think :-( Pat x

We had a dolphin down the Ouse a few years ago.

thats meeeeee so paul says...told you i couldn't afford a holiday abroad..have to do with the thamesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx((((:

Apparently there is anothe Whale in Southend! :-(((( I hope they'll be ok.