{"id":681324,"date":"2026-07-09T00:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/681324\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:07:12","slug":"seal-seen-sunbathing-after-climbing-into-red-boat-in-ipswich-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/681324\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal seen sunbathing after climbing into red boat in Ipswich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  In Pin Mill, a seal was seen in a red boat on the water enjoying the sun.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dani&#8217;s Photography said: &#8220;It was lovely to see a seal chilling on the red boat sunbathing catching the sun rays down at Pinmill near Ipswich, as don&#8217;t see them very much so was very nice to see.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A seal has been seen enjoying the sun after climbing onto a boat (Image: Dani&#8217;s Photography 83)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A seal has been seen enjoying the sun after climbing onto a boat (Image: Dani&#8217;s Photography 83)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Seals have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipswichstar.co.uk\/news\/23712226.seal-spotted-swimming-ipswich-waterfront-onlooker\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">become a regular, photogenic visitor to Ipswich Waterfront<\/a> in recent years, delighting early\u2011morning walkers and marina businesses alike.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sightings have included lone seals cruising between the moored yachts as well as animals happily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipswichstar.co.uk\/news\/25246498.watch-seal-enjoys-breakfast-ipswich-waterfront\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tucking into fish breakfasts in the marina<\/a>, with videos and photos quickly shared on social media.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their presence has added an unexpected bit of wildlife glamour to the regenerated docks, underlining the growing ecological appeal of the Orwell and providing easy local colour for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipswichstar.co.uk\/topics\/ipswich-waterfront\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">waterfront<\/a> traders and visitors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A seal has been seen enjoying the sun after climbing onto a boat (Image: Dani&#8217;s Photography 83)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A seal has been seen enjoying the sun after climbing onto a boat (Image: Dani&#8217;s Photography 83)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Pin Mill, a seal was seen in a red boat on the water enjoying the sun. Dani&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-681324","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\/681324","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=681324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}