Dolphins and birds die on Black Sea coast after meteor

2026, March 11. Black Sea. Fireball. Seen in Turkey (Ankara, Samsun, Gaziantep, Trabzon), Russia (Rostov Oblast). Time: around 19:35 UT or 22:35 LT. Extremely vivid green color. Travelling WNW basically in the center of the Black Sea. This was a large meteor event, not a long duration, however in was seen in locations over 1000km apart.

2026, March 15. Turkey, across Uşak Province. Earth Grazing Fireball. A slow-moving luminous object crossing the night sky for more than 20 seconds. Rare event. Videos recorded by witnesses show a bright white to bluish-green object with a compact head and a narrow glowing tail moving across the sky at a shallow angle before fading from view. The long visible duration and smooth motion distinguish the event from typical meteors, which usually last only a few seconds. Earth-grazing meteors enter the atmosphere at a shallow trajectory and travel hundreds of kilometers through the upper atmosphere before exiting again into space or continuing along a long atmospheric path. Because they remain at high altitude, they can remain visible for 10 to 40 seconds, significantly longer than most meteors.  

2026, March 18. Bulgaria, Black Sea. Shabla Tuzla. Nine bottlenose dolphins and over 300 Mediterranean petrels have been found dead in the Northern Black Sea region - from Shabla Tuzla to Durankulak. The birds tested negative for bird influenza.

Thirteen dolphins saved in mass stranding

2025, August 4. Canada, Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, Canning Aboiteau mud flats. A mass stranding of 13 Atlantic white-sided dolphins that were caught on tidal egress and rescued.

2025, August 5. Scotland, Fiadhairt, Loch Dunvegan, Skye, Highland. Short-Beaked Common Dolphin in a state of slight decomposition.

2025, August 5. UK, Widemouth Bay, Wanson mouth. Dead dolphin.

2025, August 5. Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Dead dolphins. Three over three days from August 3 to 5. On August 5, a dead dolphin was found at Primorsko. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine in the Black Sea there have been more and more cases of dolphins dying. Reports about this come not only from Russia and Ukraine but also from Turkey, Romania, and other countries. Hundreds of dead animals have been found in the Black Sea and along its coasts since the beginning of the year. In some regions, these figures have already exceeded those of the whole of last year.

2025, August 6. New South Wales, Central Coast, Umina Beach, A male dolphin stranded and died.  

2025, August 6. Svalbard. A dead (small) beluga.

2025, August 6. UK, Hunstanton, Snettisham beach. Sowerbys Beaked whale was found dead.

2025, August 6. Egypt, North Coast village. A male Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) located dead, a species common in Egypt’s territorial waters. It measured approximately two meters in length and had decomposed noticeably.  

Atlantic white-sided dolphins stuck in mud in Canning, Nova Scotia (c) Marine Animal Response Society  

ORCA (Australia)