{"id":223797,"date":"2025-10-25T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/223797\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T01:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T01:22:09","slug":"watch-moment-dolphin-swims-alongside-stunned-kayakers-under-forth-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/223797\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch moment dolphin swims alongside stunned kayakers under Forth Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The moment a dolphin swam along kayakers under the Forth Bridge has been captured on camera.<\/p>\n<p>A group from Driftwood Adventure, an outdoor company based in Edinburgh, were stunned when the \u201cunexpected visitor\u201d swam in between them on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The dolphin joined the group for around 20 minutes as they were paddling at South Queensferry.<\/p>\n<p>The clip, posted to Facebook, has been viewed over 500,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Foley, co-founder of the group, said it\u2019s the first time in five years they\u2019ve had an encounter like it.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt was an incredible surprise, the dolphin appeared alongside our kayaks for a short while before heading back out toward the Firth of Forth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe occasionally spot seals in the area, but dolphin sightings are very rare, so this was a really special moment for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an incredible reminder of how lucky we are to share these waters with such amazing wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The moment a dolphin swam along kayakers under the Forth Bridge has been captured on camera. A group&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-223797","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\/223797","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=223797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}