The beached orca was returned to the sea.
EMMA NEAVE-WEBB / BDMLR
A STRANDED ORCA was rescued in Orkney by volunteers from the conservation charity British Divers Marine Life Rescue on 4 January.
Such incidents involving orcas are “incredibly rare”, says BDMLR, which believes this was the first time the organisation had been able to refloat one successfully in the UK.