Beluga Whale

With the ongoing presence of this totally unexpected sighting of the rare Beluga Whale on the Thames near Gravesend, we headed down for a glimpse of this Arctic wanderer.  A juvenile, way off course, evidently detached from a family pod, these environs aren't untypical of the habitat preferred by this small cetacean.

An extraordinary record.  Not the greatest views, but a few fleeting views as it rolled, and then moved away out of sight.