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 | |
40123992 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ03928458 | 03/02/2025 | Staff, Rachel | | | 13:00 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14095, 14105 | Porpoising, Swimming - travelling | |
40049309 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 22/01/2025 | alders, richard | | | | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14092, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling | |
40017429 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 18/01/2025 | Palmer, Karen |
| | 11:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | Popped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east |
40010707 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 18/01/2025 | Comer, David | | | 11:05 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | | | |
39770596 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 29/12/2024 | Hurst, Matt |
| | 13:10 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14093, 14094, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Happily swimming around Lytchett Bay. Coming close to shore and diving down / swimming. |
39644631 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ02659053 | 11/12/2024 | Linehan, Natalie | | | 14:30 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14094 | Diving | I could see the seal in the harbour swimming and then it dived down (I assuming it was fishing) |
39180299 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 15/11/2024 | Burman, Natalie |
| - | 16:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14092, 14094 | Feeding, Diving | Popping out regularly to say hello and then diving |
39153111 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 12/11/2024 | FOWLER, SUE | | | 11:25 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | | | |
38837683 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SX | 05/10/2024 | Thomas, Marilyn |
| - | 17:48 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | | | |
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 | |
38673518 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 17/05/2024 | Burge, Andrew |
| | 12:06 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | |
38618320 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | ST | 24/09/2024 | Rumble, Georgina |
| | 17:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14094, 14095 | Diving, Porpoising | It would pop it's head up for about 10 seconds, have a look around then dive back under. Amazing!! |