{"id":416930,"date":"2026-02-09T23:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416930\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T23:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:08:48","slug":"watch-magical-moment-majestic-stag-licks-walkers-camera-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416930\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch magical moment &#8216;majestic&#8217; stag licks walker&#8217;s camera lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A walker has shared the magical moment a majestic stag approached them in the Scottish Highlands.<\/p>\n<p>Roaming Thistle, an account that documents journeys around Scotland by motorhome, caught the animal coming up to them and licking the lens of their camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProof that the most majestic residents of the Highlands are also the most curious,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a moment of pure connection in the middle of nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cMoments like these are exactly why I find myself wandering the Highlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a gentleness here that stays with you long after you leave.\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\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A walker has shared the magical moment a majestic stag approached them in the Scottish Highlands. Roaming Thistle,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-416930","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\/416930","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=416930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}