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 | |
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 | |
33584583 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 22/10/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 16:25 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 2 | 14102 | Male | 14099 | Mixed group | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
32663514 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 26/08/2023 | Bernard, Dean | | | 18:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Observing our movements across the beach |
32121565 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 03/08/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 13:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 2 | 14102 | Male | 14099 | Mixed group | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | Some interaction between the 2 seals - possibly aggressive |
28123589 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 18/09/2022 | Corbett, Mark | | | 10:30 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
27388571 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 31/07/2022 | Watch, Karen |
| | 10:00 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 3 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
25021065 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 27/04/2022 | Lamond, Colin |
| | 15:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14092 | Feeding | |
24812274 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 02/04/2022 | Richmond, Bill |
| | 11:50 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Very interactive with kayaks - playful - back flip or two - showing no interest to leave the group. (Unsure if both interacted - certainly two indivduals approached) |
18108899 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 25/10/2020 | Davies, James | | | 16:20 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14095, 14105 | Porpoising, Swimming - travelling | I was bodyboarding and the single seal followed and came up to me. The seal was porpoising and looked lost. |
10816178 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 03/07/2019 | Symes, Josh | | | 19:30 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 3 | 14104 | Mixed | 14099 | Mixed group | 14093, 14094, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling | |
8040723 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 08/05/2018 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 08:50 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 3 | 14104 | Mixed | 14099 | Mixed group | 14091, 14105 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling | |
40485718 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 22/03/2025 | Kerr, Lacey | | | 16:57 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | | | Popped their head above the water, then dove under |
40419390 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 15/03/2025 | Chick, Malcolm | | | 09:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14092, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Submerged travelling northwards for approx. 100 metres |
40385781 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 09/11/2024 | Hodgson, Sarah | | | 16:50 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
40358181 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 07/03/2025 | Fernandes, Jo |
| | 11:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | Absolutely showing off swimming . Amazing video obtained |
40330710 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 02/03/2025 | Orros, Mel |
| | 15:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | |
40307398 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ00499275 | 27/02/2025 | Adams, Martin |
| | 07:45 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14092 | Feeding | It has been present the last 3 days, and was up the PC World Drain/Fleets Channel Tuesday & Wednesday. Seen Tuesday eating fish at the top of the PC World Drain by Paul Morton. Unusual in Holes Bay North
More photos on Twitter and Bluesky with DWT tagged |
40235023 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 17/02/2025 | Hopley, Lindsay | | | 17:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | | | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
40139793 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 03/02/2025 | Liddicoat, Amanda |
| | 14:50 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |