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- BDMLR responded to reports of 25 long-finned pilot whales in the Thames Estuary.
- The pod was sighted near Coalhouse Fort at East Tilbury and near Gravesend on Thursday.
- Port of London Authority urged residents to stay away to prevent distress.
- PLA reported one whale separated from the pod and appearing unwell.
- PLA and BDMLR are monitoring the pod from a harbour-service patrol boat as it remains in the tidal Thames.
