Storm Arwen: Hundreds of starfish washed up on beach
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- 30 Nov 2021
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Charlie Maciejewski, of Inverness, came across the scene at Culbin Sands, near Nairn.
He said the stranding, which also included clams and crabs, covered a 100m (328ft) stretch of sand on the Moray Firth coast.
The Marine Conservation Society said extreme weather was usually the likely cause of such incidents.
In 2017, thousands of starfish were stranded on a beach on Black Isle on the Moray Firth over a period of weeks in a behaviour called starballing.
Most of the creatures found at Rosemarkie were thought to have been washed back out to sea in the following days.
Experts at Plymouth University's Marine Institute coined the starballing phrase after observing starfish change their location the previous year.
Storm Arwen hit the UK on Friday and Scotland's east coast was battered by gale-force winds. Read More…
