{"id":331117,"date":"2025-12-23T06:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/331117\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:35:12","slug":"seal-found-trapped-between-two-boulders-rescued-with-jcb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/331117\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal found trapped between two boulders rescued with JCB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A seal has been rescued with the help of a JCB after becoming wedged between two boulders in Westray.<\/p>\n<p>British Drivers Marine Life Rescue volunteers, who cover the coastline of Orkney, were called to rescue a distressed seal on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The mammal was found wedged tightly between two boulders, only just within reach.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of a local business and HM Coastguard, the medics were able to come up with a plan to set it free.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d07a60bc35d6a2ca3050d5b854df017e-1766419360.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\"   alt=\"Seal rescued from between two boulders in Orkney\"\/>BDMLR OrkneySeal rescued from between two boulders in Orkney BDMLR Orkney<\/p>\n<p>Sharing news of the rescue on Facebook, the group said: \u201cOn arrival, the seal was found wedged tightly between large boulders, deep in the armour and only just within reach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the bitey end facing upwards, it wasn\u2019t possible to safely restrain the seal to begin work. A plan was quickly hatched to remove one of the surrounding boulders to improve access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cooke Scotland provided the rescuers with a team member and a JCB to remove a boulder.<\/p>\n<p>Once it was removed, medics were able to restrain the seal and place it into a makeshift stretcher. It was then carefully returned to the shore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8b64dc6e336f043d0704d59815f418a8-1766419337.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\"   alt=\"Seal returned to the sea after rescue in Westray\"\/>BDMLR OrkneySeal returned to the sea after rescue in Westray BDMLR Orkney<\/p>\n<p>BDMLR said: \u201cThe seal was then successfully released back into the sea where it belongs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuge thanks to everyone involved for the teamwork, problem-solving, and support that made this rescue possible.\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\/12\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A seal has been rescued with the help of a JCB after becoming wedged between two boulders in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-331117","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\/331117","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=331117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}