32121418 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 03/08/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 13:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093, 14094, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Travelling north |
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 |
32118293 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY68406888 | 14/06/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 16:35 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
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 |
29368988 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 13/02/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:35 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14092 | Feeding | Eating a Ballan wrasse |
29171298 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 16/01/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 13:05 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14076 | Rough | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
28404915 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 16/10/2022 | Hatcher, Julie | | | 10:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Viewed from boat so aware of our presence. Diving but popping up frequently to avoid getting too close to us. |
28359752 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY68267350 | 13/10/2022 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:20 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14103 | Female | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | |
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 |
26989585 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 18/07/2022 | Williams, Rob | | | 10:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14092, 14094, 14095, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Porpoising, Swimming - travelling | Very inquisitive of us on paddleboards; followed us along inside of harbour wall as far as abandoned buildings: seemed playful but did not approach more than 5 metres. Seen hunting and eating a fish. |
26274776 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 05/07/2022 | Eades, Shaun |
| | 07:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14092 | Feeding | |
24501899 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 18/03/2022 | Wray, Max |
| | 11:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14092, 14093, 14094 | Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | Single seal was spotted 50m from us while kayaking. We stopped, so as to avoid disturbing it, but it dived and surfaced next to us, hanging around the boats for a couple of minutes. Continued to dive and swim within 50m of us for 5 minutes while we slowly paddled onwards. A 2nd seal was seen appearing on the surface of the water too at times. |
23587743 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 16/01/2022 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 15:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
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 |
22610317 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 09/10/2021 | Blakley, Laura |
| | 13:22 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | |
21904328 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 10/09/2021 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 10:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
21585647 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 13/08/2021 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 11:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093, 14094, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Followed a kayaker for a little while |
21539911 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 10/08/2021 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 13:35 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
21256381 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY68727879 | 30/07/2021 | Ashby, Ian |
| | 12:45 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | |
21177159 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 24/07/2021 | Westerby, Allen | | | 10:50 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14103 | Female | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14092 | Feeding | The young seal had caught a flatfish and was eating it. We were about 50 metres away and had a good view of the process. She held the fish in her flippers and released the fish several times and recaptured it, eating most of the body, leaving the head and tail, however we left before she had finished. |