{"id":715627,"date":"2026-07-28T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715627\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:45:08","slug":"seal-pup-found-washed-up-by-timber-groynes-in-hunstanton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715627\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal pup found washed up by timber groynes in Hunstanton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The common seal, named Opal, was &#8220;dehydrated and malnourished&#8221; when she was discovered on her own and with no sign of her mum on Hunstanton beach on July 9.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Since being rescued, Opal is now being cared for at SEA LIFE Hunstanton&#8217;s Rescue Hospital and is showing &#8220;remarkable signs of recovery&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Opal was found &#8220;fighting for survival&#8221; (Image: Sea Life Hunstanton)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nigel Croasdale, general manager at SEA LIFE Hunstanton, said: &#8220;Stories like Opal\u2019s show exactly why conservation and rehabilitation work matters so much.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;She&#8217;s shown real character throughout her recovery, which has been wonderful to see given how vulnerable she was when she arrived.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Opal will be released when she weighs 25kg (Image: SEA LIFE Hunstanton)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We\u2019re all made up with her progress and look forward to seeing her continue to grow stronger, all while seeing more of her sassy little personality along the way.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Estimated to be six weeks old and weighing just 9.5kg at the time of rescue, Opal was given rehydration treatment and placed under close observation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She will remain under care until she reaches the target release weight of 25kg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The common seal, named Opal, was &#8220;dehydrated and malnourished&#8221; when she was discovered on her own and with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-715627","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\/715627","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=715627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}