{"id":711507,"date":"2026-07-26T04:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711507\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T04:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:58:21","slug":"rare-heron-rarely-seen-in-the-uk-spotted-in-somerset-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711507\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare heron rarely seen in the UK spotted in Somerset &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQOGNqeXFFOVppbTZiWURJdGNLOHlzY3lDZTFCRElTUFlVSkliNnNxMDVnbkxzc0Z1VU1uVzd3WV8yZEs4SUMydklZQ3FCaDFVRFpMSWlGZ2RQdEpQN0NJX1h0M3pkOTY3NHFUWGJOVS1NN1ZqcFloaFVFeDE4andBNEJXRTZpNlFua3lKZkxyeWt0bFhwb0F4S0laUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare heron rarely seen in the UK spotted in Somerset<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE14V3lxNWswYWdhYkk1WThJaGNXQ1E1U2pBakJmZVJWTC16cjdOWlVkVU5QSlh4MDRZU1VtbWFTdGhvNWVUdWpIOTh5bUVxd1ZhZGRZNHhLLXRiR0Uw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare night heron spotted at Holnicote estate in Somerset<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNTU9MSVI4ckEyNENXNERKTkExVUdoekRUUWU2Ym5Ya3M4NVRpanNSaXZsR1E1bzZBSjFodHFoc0RGZUlpX2FXbTFPRG1pWXJBV0Y5SDl0VWZ5eURXQmhScDBHTGpfYzYzSzBwbDNsVHNkT2llbXZQQnY3YkdkZmJvMGZNLTFTMmM3ZHNrb01LT0JRQ2VCM2ZDVGNJbTJIdEJZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare heron seen at Somerset estate where river has been allowed to run free<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQY21xa1JXNUdQMGFWaGItWkh5X1ZIbjhvY2hKNHBqd0RXMXdjOFZ6cXlOZkljODdoU1UycDd3cF84QURFbGEwR09vTFZQSGxTakVJVjBvdWNWRlZYb1dCTnYwekNTc1RVZ0xaWlJ4cDFQLWdmQ29qQ2F3ek9KdENjby1GUlBfQVZUWGhOWkZwUHg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare heron caught on camera in Somerset | ITV News<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ITVX<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOeHlLcmgtcElYVE9JcUNOUUJQRDJPOFBGYXc3ck1JM21zRlhPSmJFMVRaNVNHcVFaZnpkd2xZVlpWM2l5bGVkN0t6NElMNjg3THh0UGxFYWhqWHRpdm1TcVk0cUx3N1hxZFNTVEdKeUUtdUY1WlJmdDZ0a0d5bGpYOTA0dkZWRkU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wildlife photographer chases &#8216;mega-rare&#8217; heron, captures bird never before seen in the UK<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Life UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rare heron rarely seen in the UK spotted in Somerset&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentRare night heron spotted at Holnicote estate in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[235631,183719,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-711507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-black-crowned-night-heron-spotted-in-somerset","tag-pa2026","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711507","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=711507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}