Monday, 7 April 2025

Added strandings and meteor events

 2025, March 27. New Zealand, Dunedin. A Grays beaked whale washed ashore dead.

2025, April 2. USA, Washington State, north end of the Long Beach Peninsula. Dead Gray whale.

2025, April 3. New Zealand, Whanganui. Dead dolphin.

2025, April 4. USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Angel Island. A second dead Gray whale, an adult male, was reported floating east of Angel Island. The whale was towed to Angel Island State Park. Necropsy done. The carcass of the whale was in an advanced state of decomposition, which officials said indicated it had been dead for some time.

2025, April 4. USA, California, San Francisco, Fort Point Rock Beach. A third dead Gray whale that the remains were in an inaccessible location and caught in rocks offshore. The age and sex of the whale is unknown. There continues to be a significant number of gray whale sightings in San Francisco Bay as this species continues its northern migration to its Arctic feeding grounds.

2025, April 5. New South Wales, Sydney, near Ultimo. Fireball. Trime: (2.46am). A loud sonic boom and a brilliant flash of light.

2025, April 6. USA, Massachusetts, Yarmouth. Two dolphins were stranded and refloated.

2025, April 6. UK, Kent, Sheerness Beach, near Marine Parade. Dead dolphin.

2025, April 6. USA, Long Beach's Rainbow Harbor Golden Shore Drive and Shoreline Village, across from the Queen Mary. A minke whale that had been circling within Long Beach Harbor for much of the week unfortunately died.

2025, April 7. New Zealand, Tahanui Mahia in the northern South Island. A rare adult male Gray's beaked whale.

There was a meteor on 2025, April 5. Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, near Ultimo. Fireball. Time: (2.46am). A loud sonic boom and a brilliant flash of light.

One large fireball in New Zealand.

There were two meteor airbursts, one in inland Australia and the other in Antarctica.

I will add other Asian, Indian and worldwide strandings and meteor events as they come in. 

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