RNLI in rescue of stranded dolphins
RNLI Portree's inshore lifeboat and crew assisted in Sunday's rescue of stranded dolphins
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A lifeboat crew assisted in the rescue of a pod of dolphins after the animals became stranded near a beach on Skye.
RNLI Portree helped out volunteers from the coastguard and British Divers Marine Life Rescue in Sunday afternoon's operation.
Three of the short-beaked common dolphins - an adult and a calf - died.
The rest of the pod was able to make back to open water on a rising tide.