36175401 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 30/05/2024 | Brown, Steve | | | 14:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14094 | Diving | |
35942827 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 16/05/2024 | Benton, Barry | | | 13:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | | | | | 14094 | Diving | Unable to distinguish precise species and sex due to distance. Was unsure at first due to slightly choppy sea surface but definitely identified as a ‘seal’ through binoculars! Unfortunately unable to capture an image. |
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. |
35668541 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 29/04/2024 | Applin, John | | | 14:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | |
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 |
35186722 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 22/03/2024 | Thompson, Peter | | | 13:45 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | | | 14099 | Mixed group | 14094 | Diving | |
32137361 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 04/08/2023 | CARTER, ROBERT | | | 13:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | Diving then reappearing with 3 to 4 minute gaps.
Appeared to be feeding on unknown prey.
It was 100 metres off shore, visible for 2 hours or more |
31417734 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 08/07/2023 | Hanak, Chris | | | 19:40 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | |
28451239 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 20/10/2022 | Taylor, Stephen | | | 17:25 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | |
24398613 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 14/03/2022 | Mackay, Matthew | | | 10:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | Seemed to be swimming and diving in proximity to the island. One was interested in my rowing boat. |
22576308 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 10/10/2021 | Bartlett, Dan | | | 10:35 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | |
21111009 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 19/07/2021 | Giles, Gillian | | | 10:00 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14094 | Diving | |
20539235 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 31/05/2021 | Harris, Kirstie | | | 11:00 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14094 | Diving | Seal accompanied us on a shallow shore dive, it was very friendly and playful and stayed with us for over an hour. |
20534028 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 31/05/2021 | Hatcher, Julie |
| | 12:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14094 | Diving | Playing with divers |
17968140 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 03/10/2020 | Jennings, Barbara | | | 10:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14072 | Raining | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14103 | Female | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | Four of us swimming - she came up and played with us, checking us out and then swimming very close to the only man in our group. She really liked him and came right up and sniffed his arm whilst they were facing each other as well as keeping on nudging him. |
14541523 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 28/06/2020 | Debenham, Martin | | | 14:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14076 | Rough | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | I was in a kayak, it would have his head above water then go under for a while then popped up closer to me. It wasnt scared, looked at me then carried on doing its own thing. About 20ft away from me. Based on the forehead shape (looked a bit like a dog) id say it was a common, not grey seal. Though its colour did seem grey. It was a beautiful surprise encounter. |
12773908 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 31/01/2020 | Arnold, Amanda | | | | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | The seal did not stick around and quickly disappeared. However, it kept diving and returning to the surface. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a pup but not sure if it was a harbour or grey seal. |
7671262 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 12/08/2018 | Bailey, Rose | | | 16:00 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14072 | Raining | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | |
41434598 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 10/04/2025 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 10:04 | 14088 | Within 100m | | | | | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling | |
38836608 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 11/10/2024 | Jones, Caroline | | | 18:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14093, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling | |