{"id":413922,"date":"2026-04-23T18:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413922\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:59:11","slug":"watch-basking-sharks-complete-annual-return-to-beautiful-mayo-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413922\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Basking sharks complete annual return to beautiful Mayo bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776970751_529_imengine.public.prod.cmg.infomaker.io.jpeg\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Image of Basking sharks captured at Keem Bay, Achill, by the Achill Sea Safari Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Thu 23 Apr 2026, 3:38 PM\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Basking sharks have returned to the waters of Achill Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Up to five of them have been spotted at Keem Bay in recent days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">According to the Achill Sea Safari Facebook page, they come every year to the location to feed off the rich zooplankton the waters have to offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Members of the public can expect to see them for the next six weeks, the platform added.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Thu 23 Apr 2026, 3:38 PM\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image of Basking sharks captured at Keem Bay, Achill, by the Achill Sea Safari Facebook page. Published: Thu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,82,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-413922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}