Storm surge could have caused pod of harbour porpoises to travel uncommonly far up the river
A pod of five harbour porpoise has been sighted in the River Thames.
At around 9.30am, the Marine Policing Unit was alerted to the sighting of a dolphin near Tower Bridge. They reported no further sightings until 10.40am, when they confirmed their boat Marine 2 was “following a pod of about five harbour porpoises in the Lambeth area of the river.”
Stephen Mowat, a marine conservationist for ZSL said it was uncommon to see so many so far up the Thames.
“With the condition of the Thames improving we are getting more and more sightings of marine mammals such as porpoise and seals,” he said.
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