Dolphin washes up on beach

An early morning walker was in tears when she found a dead dolphin on a beach.

The common dolphin washed up on Rottingdean beach in the early hours of Friday after several days of stormy seas.

The dolphin on Rottingdean beach (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)

Movement coach Neda Nenadic, who spotted it on the pebbles, said it had an injured face.

She said: "I walk on the undercliff every day. Going by the ocean is just beautiful. It gives me time to reflect.

"And then I saw this dolphin. It was a really young one as well. I had a little prayer for it."

Neda with the dolphin (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)

It is thought the dolphin was a male, about two months old

Neda contacted the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme which sent out an officer to collect the dolphin for further investigation.

It was badly injured to the nose (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)

Neda said: "It was so wild on Thursday. Part of me thinks that maybe it got smashed up in the rough seas.

"It was quite shocking to see such a beautiful creature like that."