
'Very rare' whale found dead on beach
Devon Wildlife Trust says a pygmy sperm whale was found dead at Bigbury on Sea on Monday.
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Bigbury-on-Sea is a village in the South Hams district on the south coast of Devon, England. It is part of the civil parish of Bigbury which is centred on a small village of that name about a mile inland. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 564, which was slightly more than the 500 recorded at the 2011 census. Bigbury-on-Sea village is on the coast above the largest sandy beach in South Devon facing south to Bigbury Bay. The tidal island of Burgh Island lies about 270 yards offshore.
Devon Wildlife Trust says a pygmy sperm whale was found dead at Bigbury on Sea on Monday.