Awesome! I was walking the Thames Path near Surrey Quays a few years ago and pointed to a big piece of trash floating down the river and mentioned to my wife how grim it was that people just chuck stuff like that in the river. Then it turned and looked at me! Turned out to be a blimming seal, just bobbing along!
The reason everyone is pissed off at the sewage is because it’s dumped close enough that people notice it. The underlying logic that by the time it’s diffused a few tens of metres into the sea that it’s so dilute it doesn’t matter in an ecological sense is pretty sound, and was why until people noticed, it’s been done with very little in the way of consequence to the marine environment for a long time.
A lot more common than you might think. For years traders at Billingsgate have thrown waste into the Thames for the seals that live in the shadow of the City. Seals and porpoises can happily live in the tidal thames. The whales that occasionally show up... not so much
Probably a harbour porpoise, not a dolphin. Still cool :)
What’s the porpoise of them?
Ahh yes one of many extinct ones
Seems like it might be a harbour porpoise. Still just as cool though. Always nice to see some unusual wildlife on the river.
Oh, cool! Thank you for the potential ID.
Awesome! I was walking the Thames Path near Surrey Quays a few years ago and pointed to a big piece of trash floating down the river and mentioned to my wife how grim it was that people just chuck stuff like that in the river. Then it turned and looked at me! Turned out to be a blimming seal, just bobbing along!
'How dare you!'
Yeah I remember quite a few whales. Willy and that minke whale last year which sadly died.
😅
What a lovely video of brown water
Ah no the colour is actually a reflection of the brown sky!
I saw a seal about 2 months ago. The first time I saw one was in 2020 and was so shocked 😆
That's no dolphin, that's a SHARK!
Hahah, indeed a scout! Main attack is coming for the London Bridge 9AM peak commuting time.
Should we get closer and use the foot tunnel?
Sure it’s not Nessie? 😌
Nah it’s actually just Jason from Bermondsey.
No one tell cruella braverman. She’ll be out there with a shotgun.
Hate to tell you dude but this is London. That was a rat.
Gripping footage.
Don't think it's flipper
With the amount of raw sewage being dump at the coast to the sea, i wonder if the water in the Thames is relatively cleaner?
The reason everyone is pissed off at the sewage is because it’s dumped close enough that people notice it. The underlying logic that by the time it’s diffused a few tens of metres into the sea that it’s so dilute it doesn’t matter in an ecological sense is pretty sound, and was why until people noticed, it’s been done with very little in the way of consequence to the marine environment for a long time.
A lot more common than you might think. For years traders at Billingsgate have thrown waste into the Thames for the seals that live in the shadow of the City. Seals and porpoises can happily live in the tidal thames. The whales that occasionally show up... not so much
What a fucking shit video
I love how other comments are playfully mocking the video and you just go all out 🌟
I feel bad for it the water is so muddy they deserve some were better to live.
Why? It’s a porpoise that looks for food in rivers and estuaries? Muddy waters are where it’s food lives
The mud is a bit unavoidable as it's a slow flowing river working its way through easily eroded clay.
They don't use their eyes to get around.
Doesn’t look like a dolphin lol
Probably all high on coke
Cat
Do you mean the area where a boat known as the cutty sark used to reside (Greenwich) ?
There's very good eating on one of these, you know.