The dead 50ft (14.5m) young adult male sperm whale beached in Norfolk, which was was part of a group of six spotted in the Wash at Hunstanton on Friday, is believed to have been part of a pod that stranded and died in the Netherlands. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
50ft sperm whale beached in Norfolk(02 of07)
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The dead 50ft (14.5m) young adult male sperm whale beached in Norfolk, which was was part of a group of six spotted in the Wash at Hunstanton on Friday, is believed to have been part of a pod that stranded and died in the Netherlands. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
50ft sperm whale beached in Norfolk(03 of07)
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The dead 50ft (14.5m) young adult male sperm whale beached in Norfolk, which was was part of a group of six spotted in the Wash at Hunstanton on Friday, is believed to have been part of a pod that stranded and died in the Netherlands. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
50ft sperm whale beached in Norfolk(04 of07)
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The dead 50ft (14.5m) young adult male sperm whale beached in Norfolk, which was was part of a group of six spotted in the Wash at Hunstanton on Friday, is believed to have been part of a pod that stranded and died in the Netherlands. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
50ft sperm whale beached in Norfolk(05 of07)
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The dead 50ft (14.5m) young adult male sperm whale beached in Norfolk, which was was part of a group of six spotted in the Wash at Hunstanton on Friday, is believed to have been part of a pod that stranded and died in the Netherlands. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
50ft sperm whale beached in Norfolk(06 of07)
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Members of the public walk where a dead 50ft (14.5m) young adult male sperm whale beached in Norfolk, which was was part of a group of six spotted in the Wash at Hunstanton on Friday, is believed to have been part of a pod that stranded and died in the Netherlands. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
50ft sperm whale beached in Norfolk(07 of07)
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The dead 50ft (14.5m) young adult male sperm whale beached in Norfolk, which was was part of a group of six spotted in the Wash at Hunstanton on Friday, is believed to have been part of a pod that stranded and died in the Netherlands. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
Natalie Emmerson, from Hunstanton Sealife Sanctuary, told ITV News: "It is entirely possible that these whales at Skegness are from the same pod. If all have washed up dead it is too much of a coincidence.
"It is possible that they were on the rocks and injured themselves as they managed to free themselves."
Many whales have become stranded across the North Sea in recent weeks, with incidents in Germany and the Netherlands.
Dr Peter Evans, director of the Seawatch Foundation, told the Eastern Daily Press that he believed the deaths are connected.
He said: “They feed on squid and what’s probably happened is that squid came in and the whales fed upon them but ran out of food.
“The further south they got the shallower the water gets and when they got to Norfolk, which is very, very shallow, it’s quite difficult to navigate and they tend to lose their way and actually strand.”