Article 75KCD Magnus the wandering walrus leaves Scotland for Norway

Magnus the wandering walrus leaves Scotland for Norway

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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
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After drawing delighted crowds since first sighted in Orkney the young male has swum 400 miles across the North Sea

A peripatetic walrus who became a local celebrity as he toured the north-east coast of Scotland has now been spotted in Norway, bringing to an end his Celtic sojourn.

The young male was christened Magnus after he after first hauled his estimated 2.5-metre frame out of the sea on to Stronsay pier in Orkney on 16 April.

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