{"id":534274,"date":"2026-04-16T14:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/534274\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:55:11","slug":"walrus-spotted-at-stronsay-pier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/534274\/","title":{"rendered":"Walrus spotted at Stronsay pier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/att._ocoQd2ZsLZr6sRtv-b5JRRsbZ43TKUwDBb2ss5Sj8I.jpeg\" class=\"single-thumbnail single-thumbnail--98449 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Walrus spotted at Stronsay pier\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/att._ocoQd2ZsLZr6sRtv-b5JRRsbZ43TKUwDBb2ss5Sj8I-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"single-thumbnail--blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                            <\/p>\n<p>Stronsay has welcomed an out-of-the-ordinary visitor this morning in the form of a walrus.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been an unusual morning for Stronsay pier master Leslie Miller who managed to capture the massive sea mammal on camera.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Miller told The Orcadian he was shocked to see the walrus as the ferry came into the pier shortly after 8am.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pier master said that the walrus had now set up camp under the linkspan, and that he has been in touch with a local sea mammal expert regarding the extraordinary arrival.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third time in recent years that a walrus has made Orkney its holiday destination, with previous sightings being made in Sanday and North Ronaldsay.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stronsay has welcomed an out-of-the-ordinary visitor this morning in the form of a walrus. It\u2019s been an unusual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-534274","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\/534274","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=534274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}