British Divers Marine Life Rescue - Strandings On-line.

 Live Strandings Data:

Below is a summary of live strandings which have been attended directly by BDMLR's medics since April 1995. We would like to acknowledge the National Strandings Co-ordinators Bob Reid and Rob Deaville for their help in providing post mortem information to help with this data.

These tables only include live cetacean strandings and not calls-outs to dead cetacean, monitoring situations, interaction problems or animals in enclosed areas.

Outcome Summary:

  1990s 20002001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 20072008 Total 
 Total 22 10 5 5 13 14 10 13 11 46 149
 Euthanased on the beach 5 2 1 3 3 3 5 2 2 11 37
 Died on the beach 5 5 2 1 1 5 2 3 5 24 53
 Refloated / apparent success 7 2 1 1 8 2 0 6 1 4 32
 Refloated / Restranded / Died or Euthanased 3 1 1 0 1 3 3 2 3 4 21
 Rehabilitated / Released 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 Rehabilitated / Died or Euthanased 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 Refloated by public 0 0 0 0 0  1 0 0 0 3 4

Possible Strandings Cause:

  1990s2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total 
Total 22 10 5 513  14 10 14 11 46 149
Ill/Diseased 2 3 1 2 0 0 3 2 5 3 21
Maternally Dependent 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 4 14
Trauma 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 32 44
 Healthy & Released 8 2 1 1 8 4 0 6 1 2 33
 Elderly 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 6
Emaciation / Starvation 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
 Malnourished 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 4 17
 Cause Unknown 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 8

These are only possible causes based on the condition of the animals on stranding or on post mortem information when available. "Healthy & Released" includes animals with minor injuries which were fit for refloatation.