A TINY porpoise was found dead on a beach.
An adult harbour porpoise, the smallest dolphin-like creature found in England, was spotted on Brighton seafront on Saturday.
Brighton Dolphin Project sightings coordinator Thea Taylor said it was a "sad sight to see".
"The animal is an adult harbour porpoise, the smallest cetacean we have in England," she said.
"It's a very sad sight to see, there was another one reported in Eastbourne as well."
Brighton resident Summer Tyrell was on a seafront bike ride on noon Sunday when she noticed the stranding between Brighton Marina and Rottingdean.
"It was quite small so definitely a baby, but too big to be a fish," she said.
"It looked like a dolphin but it wasn't fully-grown."
The porpoise was not the first aquatic mammal to be stranded on Sussex's beaches this year.
In January a young common dolphin was found dead on Lancing beach with injuries consistent with fishing bycatch.
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