8041082 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 20/07/2018 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 10:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 4 | 14104 | Mixed | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Hauled out onto mud at low tide (with one grey seal) |
8040841 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 20/06/2018 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 09:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14103 | Female | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Hauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal |
8040763 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 20/06/2018 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 09:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Hauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately) |
7902440 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 04/09/2018 | lazenby, Douglas | | | 10:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Moving around on mudbank |
38589382 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 22/09/2024 | Chick, Malcolm |
| | 10:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | Moving slowly, occasionally submerging. |
34840430 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 12/02/2024 | Long, Kate | | | 16:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | Seagulls were tracking the seal, which caught my attention |
33584468 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 21/10/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 17:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 2 | 14104 | Mixed | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | One seal was feeding on a ballan wrasse |
21650959 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 15/08/2021 | Hodgson, Sarah | | | 09:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | |
21650887 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 15/08/2021 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 09:23 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | |
21201389 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 26/07/2021 | Isaacs, Tracey | | | 08:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | |
20089507 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 04/11/2020 | Denchfield, Hannah | | | 14:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | |
18812423 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 21/01/2021 | Simmons, Adrian |
| | 09:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | The Seal was catching Common Bream where the River Avon flows into the harbour, then drifting downstream while eating, before swimming back for another. I saw it eat 3 one day and 1 on another. It was also seen at Christchurch Quay on either 23/01 or 24/01 with a Salmon. |
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 |
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 | |
39063104 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 02/11/2024 | Penny, Julie | | | 15:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling | We saw the seal quite close to the shore swimming, and he /she had caught a fish, he/she was then swimming headed towards charmouth beach
We thought that we were seeing things as it was the first time that we had seen a seal there.
We wish we had taken a photo or video. |
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. |
21553676 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 29/07/2021 | Hudd, Wendy | | | 20:15 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14072 | Raining | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Looked like it was observing the men fishing from the cliff edge |
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. |
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 |
37875589 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 12/08/2024 | Merry, Johanna | | | 14:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14094 | Feeding, Diving | The seal stayed in a small area of about 20 meters for a couple of hours disappearing under water and popping back up frequently. At one point it caught a large fish which it seemed to throw in the air. It was just a few meters beyond the yellow buoy swim zone and in front (shore side) of all the boats in the bay. People watched from afar but were thankfully respectful and didn’t approach. |