{"id":200100,"date":"2025-10-14T19:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200100\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:31:09","slug":"more-seals-expected-at-orford-ness-as-count-up-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200100\/","title":{"rendered":"More seals expected at Orford Ness as count up begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Orford Ness Nature Reserve, in east Suffolk, is expecting more grey seals ahead of this year&#8217;s winter pupping season.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The first adult seals arrived at the reserve in November 2021, making this the fifth consecutive year that rangers have seen pups being born.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The site said that the number of adults and new-borns has increased each year, partly because of the remote location of Orford Ness.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The nature reserve will close on Sunday, October 26, and there will be no public access to Orford Ness, including the Crown Estate land below Mean High Water Springs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/24111472.orford-ness-new-home-hundreds-grey-seals-pups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orford Ness new home to hundreds of grey seals and pups<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The colony returns to Orford Ness(Image: Charlotte Bond)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Orford Ness said: &#8220;Our ranger team will be carrying out regular patrols and population counts to check the size and health of the colony.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We don&#8217;t allow anyone to get close to the colony, for both the animals&#8217; safety and ours, as wildlife disturbance remains the biggest threat to the species on UK shores.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Instead, we&#8217;ll be sharing photos and videos, all taken from a safe distance, so that you can stay updated from the comfort of your own home.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orford Ness Nature Reserve, in east Suffolk, is expecting more grey seals ahead of this year&#8217;s winter pupping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-200100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}