Find out why Uyeasound in the Shetland Isles is famous for Orca sightings.

Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in Uyeasound.cc-by-sa2.0 - Mike Pennington - geograph.org.ukp2263008

Image: Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in Uyeasound.cc-by-sa2.0 – Credit to Mike Pennington, geograph.org.uk.
In 1993 a pod of Orca were repeatedly beaching in Uyeasound close to Gardiesfold Hostel. They were accompanying an ill animal which later died; as soon as the sick animal was removed, the rest of the pod returned to sea.

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