Ben Salter's photos with the keyword: Minkie

Specatators at the Beach watch the drama as Derek performs in front of the dead Whale.

Two early arrivals at the scene asses the situation.

The very sad sight of the dead Minkie Whale ashore at Barry's Watchtower Bay.

That line just 'aint strong enough to haul this Whale out of the water.

Local weather numpty Derek Brockway reports on the weather from the location of the dead Whale.

Barry resort management, pose in front of the dead Whale at Watchtower Bay

Remains of the Minkie Whale recently washed up at Barry. This is part of the whales feeding system. These whales do not have teeth, but instead have rows of baleen plates in the upper jaw – flat, flexible plates with frayed edges, arranged in two parallel rows, looking like combs of thick hair.