19443898 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 02/03/2021 | Padovani, Ilaria | | | 16:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14073 | Mist/fog | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | calm |
27605318 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 10/08/2022 | Richmond, Bill |
| | 19:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | | | calm & interested in being watched from a distance |
12918024 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 29/02/2020 | Crabb, Hugo |
| | | 14089 | Within 1km | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14103 | Female | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Calm, looked a little cold, rubbing face and stretching a lot, kind face, looked very happy, not bothered about humans at all |
29792307 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 03/04/2023 | Jeffery, Andrew |
| | 10:30 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Came out of water very close to people and travelled up the shingle to rest, unusually tolerant of people |
34961853 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 22/02/2024 | Haynes, Elizabeth | | | 10:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Came to see us swimming in the water. Swimming across the bay, eating fish. Diving. |
32769607 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 01/09/2023 | Heathcote, Zoe | | | 18:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Came to surface , head above water, tracked east for 40 seconds then dived |
32119328 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ03648364 | 03/08/2023 | Skea-Strachan, Isabel | | | 12:30 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Came up near swimmers c20m from National Trust Beach at Studland. Looked around and swam off |
17926377 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 27/09/2020 | Prior, David |
| | 11:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092 | Feeding | Catching fish 10 to 15m out from beach below Ringstead village. Came in to about 5m from beach a couple of times. We observed it for approx 10 minutes before it swam off westwards. |
34815726 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 12/02/2024 | Lee, Ian | | | 13:10 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | | | Caught very large fish in plain sight. Viewed clearly through 20x50 binoculars. |
7192124 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 08/07/2018 | Lodge, Pat | | | 16:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | | | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Charmouth west beach. Seal kept popping head out of water about 100 feet from human bathers over a period of 20 mins. It disappeared when scuba divers arrived. We took a photo but I m not able to send it on this form in the format I have. |
35322715 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 23/03/2024 | Ladyman, Oli |
| | 16:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | Checking out the fisherman on shore . Diving and travelling .
My first sighting ever hope this helps |
18273251 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY98498840 | 30/11/2020 | |
| | 10:30 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | | | Climbed on to paddleboard
Swam along behind my board as I paddled.
Played in shallow water when I landed on shore in attempt to put space between myself and the seal. |
38110658 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 26/08/2024 | Hogben, Amy | | | 13:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Couldn't get good enough view to be confident on species! but hung around from around 10am until late afternoon. |
25647044 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 05/06/2022 | Dunn, Maya |
| | 14:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14093, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Could see them eating fish, with head just above the water. Very inquisitive, coming fairly close to the beach to look at people and dogs - stayed around Chapmans Pool for some time, at least half an hour. |
20078986 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ12559116 | 20/03/2021 | Mullins, Richard | | | 15:30 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Dark head. 10 feet off the groyne. dark head out of water. Then reappeared passed the next groyne west towards Boscombe pier. |
30010968 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 19/04/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 19:10 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | | | Dead |
23117746 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 14/11/2021 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 09:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | | | Deceased |
35863899 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 03/05/2024 | Parratt, Andrew | | | 16:30 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | Def an animal, pretty sure a seal. Many people commented. Unable to upload pic, errors out. |
41052359 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 19/04/2025 | Bailey, Clare | | | 17:35 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Dived under the water when it was aware that a paddle board approaching. Did not see after that. |
37809224 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 11/08/2024 | Burton, Susan |
| | 11:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | | | | | | 14094 | Diving | Diving down and coming up for a few minutes. We watched them for about half an hour. We didn’t realise there were 2 until they both came up at the same time. Sorry but didn’t get photo of them both & phone camera not very good. |