{"id":363180,"date":"2026-01-10T18:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/363180\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T18:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:32:06","slug":"deganwy-hotel-welcomes-very-unexpected-visitor-baby-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/363180\/","title":{"rendered":"Deganwy hotel welcomes \u2018very unexpected visitor\u2019 baby seal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Quay Hotel and Spa, at Deganwy Quay, welcomed the baby seal to its premises this morning (January 9).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After being found in its car park, the seal was seen to by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, who the hotel thanked for ensuring a \u201chappy ending\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The seal outside The Quay Hotel &amp; Spa (Image: The Quay Hotel &amp; Spa)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The seal outside The Quay Hotel &amp; Spa (Image: The Quay Hotel &amp; Spa)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A statement from The Quay read: \u201cWe had a very unexpected visitor pop by today.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThis little seal decided our car park looked like the perfect spot for a rest! While it gave us all a good smile, we made sure to do the right thing and reported it straight away.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cHuge shout-out to the British Divers Marine Life Rescue who came out quickly, saved the day, and safely took the seal to be checked over and cared for.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cA seal-iously memorable moment, and a happy ending thanks to the experts!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The pup is well and has been released in a more suitable secluded spot; he is currently being monitored, but apart from being underweight, he seems well!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Quay Hotel and Spa, at Deganwy Quay, welcomed the baby seal to its premises this morning (January&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-363180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363180","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=363180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}