{"id":332016,"date":"2025-12-23T19:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/332016\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T19:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:20:09","slug":"watch-spectacular-moment-dolphin-flips-fish-just-feet-from-shore-along-forth-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/332016\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: &#8216;Spectacular&#8217; moment dolphin flips fish just feet from shore\u00a0along Forth coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rare close-up footage of dolphins playing and hunting has been captured along the Forth coast.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Head, 53, and his partner were walking their dogs between Muirfield and Gullane when they spotted a pod of dolphins heading toward North Berwick on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, the dolphins came right up to the shore \u2013 with one even flipping a fish out of the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs they were closer, we decided to head off the coastal path onto a small beach area and I quickly grabbed my phone out of my pocket to start videoing them,\u201d Jonathan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our surprise there was a sudden frenzy of activity right close in, which must have only been a few feet deep. One of the dolphins suddenly flipped this fish out of the water right in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was spectacular to see and watch,\u201d he added. \u201cMy partner and I just looked at each other smiling in amazement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see more of Jonathan\u2019s footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/coastal_cottage_photography\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/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\"\/><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rare close-up footage of dolphins playing and hunting has been captured along the Forth coast. Jonathan Head, 53,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-332016","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\/332016","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=332016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}