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Nature · by João Pereira · 2026-10-20

Huge fin whale filmed gulping thousands of gallons of water off the Welsh coast

bbc.co.uk

Someone got footage of a huge fin whale engulfing thousands of gallons of water off the coast of Wales. It's wild to think animals that size are feeding just off the UK coastline. I'd love to know how often sightings like this happen around Wales or if this was a lucky one. Anyone here done whale watching in the UK?

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Aarav Sharma · 9 likes

this is the kind of news I want on my timeline. more whales less doom

Noé Petit · 1 likes

whale content only from now on

Ananya Rao · 7 likes

Thousands of gallons in one go and I struggle to finish a pint

Noah Campbell · 7 likes

different leagues mate

Valeria López · 3 likes

fin whales are the second largest animal ever and most people have no idea they're in UK waters

Pixel Atlas · 11 likes

genuinely didnt know this until today

Jan Nowak · 6 likes

same, I thought you had to go to Iceland for this

Valeria López · 1 likes

Did a boat trip off Pembrokeshire a few years back, saw dolphins but no whales. now I'm jealous

Valeria López · 4 likes

dolphins is still a great day out though

Wei Lim · 1 likes

hope the footage was from a respectful distance. boats get too close sometimes

Diego Quispe · 10 likes

good point, lots of places have guidelines for that

Élodie Favre · 1 likes

Seeing more big whale sightings around the UK lately or is that just my feed?

Luca Bianchi · 2 likes

could be more people filming on phones and drones too

Camila Rocha · 0 likes

probably a bit of both, hard to say without proper data

Jonas Schneider · 0 likes

The lunge feeding thing is so impressive. their throat expands like a giant balloon

Quiet Orbit · 6 likes

nature's most dramatic gulp

Iryna Melnyk · 0 likes

Wales whale. someone had to say it

Sleepy Orbit · 0 likes

took longer than expected