37871924 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 11/08/2024 | Quillan, Kelly |
| | 13:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
37770007 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 09/08/2024 | Watkin, Steve |
| | 13:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Two taking turns diving and resting |
37715090 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 06/08/2024 | Walker, Matt |
| | 13:55 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14093 | Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water | It was moving up and down the beach regularly diving for a few minutes at a time.
It would often bob around more then likely keeping an eye on us. |
37571819 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 31/07/2024 | Broomfield, Holly | | | 19:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Three people swimming close to shore at Highcliffe Beach when a seal surfaced less than 3m from us. Seal then swam underwater, resurfacing further up the shore (heading towards Poole). 99% certain it was a grey seal rather than a common seal. |
37428056 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 28/07/2024 | Brooks, Adam | | | 10:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | I was swimming from Eype to Seatown when a large male repeatedly bumped me from below, emerged alongside me and bit/nibbled at my ankles and feet. This continued for around 15 mins causing me to change route and head inland between the two points if headland . It followed me in but did not come ashore with me. |
37350659 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 26/07/2024 | Nelson, Louise | | | 08:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | First time we have seen a grey seal around Portland - a very large, solitary adult male that was bottling at the surface and occasionally dove down, presumably to forage. Sea was milky / bad visibility and some churn but not too choppy. |
37211131 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY99687685 | 02/07/2024 | Baverstock, Karl | | | 11:00 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
37176450 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY53728687 | 19/07/2024 | Cudlipp, Jackie | | | 11:45 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
37163194 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 19/07/2024 | Bird, Dave | | | 06:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
37160857 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 18/07/2024 | Mustard, Abi | | | 19:10 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092 | Feeding | |
37156114 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 18/07/2024 | | | | 21:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
36784486 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 02/07/2024 | Hurry, Graeme |
| | 13:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | Diving, lying on its back. |
36728837 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 28/06/2024 | Deeley, Andrew |
| | 08:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092 | Feeding | None |
36705547 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 23/06/2024 | Beer, Judith |
| | 12:43 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | |
36641366 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 25/06/2024 | Bisgrove, Max | | | 21:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling | |
36625576 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 13/06/2024 | Sanders, Ben | | | 07:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
36608091 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 19/06/2024 | Ellis, Mark |
| | 17:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 3 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
36594840 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 20/06/2024 | Atherton, Andrew |
| | 20:35 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | The seal came to investigate our kayak group |
36573348 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 22/06/2024 | Martingale, Louise | | | 14:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Head bobbing and and out of water for about 5 minutes. Swan away then came back to the same spot about 10 minutes later |
36514234 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 16/06/2024 | Tinsley, Peter | | | 15:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | | | Lolling about in the water about 100m from the beach |