{"id":357737,"date":"2026-01-07T21:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/357737\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:16:07","slug":"ullapool-critter-spotted-shifting-through-snow-piles-amidst-weather-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/357737\/","title":{"rendered":"Ullapool critter spotted shifting through snow piles amidst weather warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1440 1440\" alt=\"The snowy otter in Ullapool. Picture: Dave Stewart\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"DZSTTT8KIUH4POO3TREL.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.00\"\/>The snowy otter in Ullapool. Picture: Dave Stewart<\/p>\n<p>AN Ullapool critter has been spotted scurrying through deep snow in Wester Ross in an adorable new picture taken by a local photographer.<\/p>\n<p>Taken by Dave Stewart, the image captures the mammal shifting through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk\/news\/enchanting-clip-of-snowplough-locomotive-trundling-through-w-423813\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flurry on Monday morning (January 5) <\/a>by Loch Broom, amidst an ongoing cold snap across Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Although the snow has caused multiple transport cancellations, it has also shown Ross-shire\u2019s rural beauty in a fresh light amidst a winter wonderland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1440 1440\" alt=\"The snowy otter in Ullapool. Picture: Dave Stewart\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"7T1OX7145H5XWHIPYKIZ.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.00\"\/>The snowy otter in Ullapool. Picture: Dave Stewart<\/p>\n<p>How has the weather been for you today? We would love to see your clips and photos from across the region \u2014 email iona.macdonald@hnmedia.co.uk for a chance to be featured. <\/p>\n<p>    Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk\/response\/?popform=true&amp;Url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ross-shirejournal.co.uk%2fnews%2fotter-ly-delightful-ullapool-critter-spotted-shifting-thr-423880%2f&amp;Title=%e2%80%98Otter-ly+delightful%e2%80%99%3a+Ullapool+critter+spotted+shifting+through+snow+piles+amidst+weather+warning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The snowy otter in Ullapool. Picture: Dave Stewart AN Ullapool critter has been spotted scurrying through deep snow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[39988,913,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-357737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-divert-me","tag-latest-news","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357737","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=357737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}