Watch the moment two orcas were spotted on East Lothian coast in rare sighting
The whales were spotted off the east coast on Saturday morning
A pod of orcas has been spotted swimming on the East coast over the weekend.
The orcas were spotted by people in East Lothian on Saturday morning (April 25).
Footage of the sighting share with the Evening News showed two orcas swimming off the coast at St Abbs Head, with reports also suggesting that the animals were spotted from Dunbar and Bass Rock.
Orca sightings on the east coast of the country are rare. They are normally more often seen in the north and west coast of the country.
Scottish Seabird Centre explains: “Orcas are most frequently spotted on the North and West coast of Scotland.
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“A small pod resides year-round on the West coast and northern pods are commonly sighted in Shetland, Orkney and from the North coast. However, orcas are not unheard of in the East of Scotland, with northern pods occasionally travelling south to feed.”
One of the last sightings of a pod in the east came in summer 2025, when a pod were spotted swimming in the Firth of Forth.