‘Seeing porpoise in river was sight I’ll never forget’

An angler who filmed a porpoise in the River Trent said it "was a sight me and my friend will never forget".

Craig Reading and Matthew Haywood spotted the marine mammal breaching at Torksey Arm on the Nottinghamshire-Lincolnshire border on Sunday morning.

Mr Haywood, from Rotherham, said: "It looked like it was chasing or playing before turning around and going back up towards the River Humber."

Erin McDaid from Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust said: "Porpoises are spotted every few years when there's high waters and they head up river.

"It's a nice reminder that, even though we are landlocked here, we are directly connected to the ocean and it's hopefully a sign of healthy populations."

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