Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale that had become entangled in rope at a Skye fish farm. The animal was spotted in difficulty at Organic Sea Harvest's Invertote site in the north of the island on Thursday morning.

A whale is trapped in a ship's mooring lines just off the coast of Skye. The mammal became lodged in the anchor line of an Organic Sea Harvests ship around 10 miles north of Portree, Skye's largest town, earlier today. The organic fish farming company has two pens containing Salmon just off coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the island.

Rescuers have freed a whale that became entangled in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. A member of the public spotted the humpback in difficulty at the Invertote salmon farm and contacted British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) at around 8.